Alumna Joyce A. Baugh to speak as part of Clemson celebration of integration

Published: November 5, 2012

By Evan Lybrand 

CLEMSON – Accomplished professor and author Joyce A. Baugh will speak as part of Clemson University’s celebration of the 50^th anniversary of integration. Baugh, a Clemson alumna, will speak on “Jim Crow, Civil Rights and the Persistence of the Color Line in America” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, at the Hendrix Student Center ballroom.

Baugh is an award-winning political science professor at Central Michigan University. She graduated from Clemson in 1981 and received her master’s and Ph.D. in political science from Kent State University. Baugh specializes in public law and courts, civil rights and liberties, and judicial politics. She teaches courses on constitutional law, civil liberties, judicial process, American government and the Civil Rights movement. Baugh’s book “The Detroit School Building Case: Milliken v. Bradley and the Controversy over Desegregation” was published by the University Press of Kansas in 2011. 

On Thursday, Nov. 8, Baugh, along with other Clemson alumni and current students, will participate in a panel discussion titled “Through the Decades: The Student Experience at Clemson Since Integration.” The discussion will be held at 7 p.m. at the Strom Thurmond Institute auditorium.

Alumni who graduated in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s along with current students will share their experiences as Clemson students and talk about how Clemson has changed since Harvey Gantt’s enrollment in 1963. The discussion will be streamed live online at http://clemsontv.net/live-stream/.

Clemson’s yearlong celebration of the 50^th anniversary of integration includes a number of events, speakers and exhibits. For more information, visit http://www.clemson.edu/administration/diversityoffice/50-years/.

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