The Desegregation Garden
The university dedicated a garden in honor of the three students who integrated the university in 1963.
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📖 Desegregation Commemorative Garden
This garden honors the first three Black students admitted to the university since Reconstruction — students Henrie Monteith (now Treadwell), James L. Solomon and Robert G. Anderson who integrated the campus in 1963. The garden features three sculpted juniper topiaries created by topiary artist Pearl Fryar, flowered beds, brick pathways and a granite monument etched with an original poem written by university poet Nikky Finney. The garden was dedicated as part of a yearlong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of desegregation.
