USC renames residence hall after Celia Dial Saxon, first person of color remembered on campus building

The board of trustees voted on Jan. 7 to rename a residence hall after Celia Dial Saxon. This marks the first time a campus building will be named after a person of color. Saxon was one of the first Black women to graduate from USC and was an educator and civil rights activist in Columbia for 57 years. 

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