No movement on renaming Tillman Hall at Clemsonâs campus No action on legislation to make Heritage Act-related changes across the state Share Updated: 9:07 AM EDT May 7, 2021 No action on legislation to make Heritage Act-related changes across the state Share Updated: 9:07 AM EDT May 7, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript COMMENT. MICHAEL: LAST SUMMER CLEMSON REMOVED JOHN C. CALHOUNâS NAME FROM ITS HONORS COLLEGE. THE SCHOOLâS BOARD OF TRUSTEES FORMALLY ASKED TO TAKE BENJAMIN TILLMANâS NAME OFF OF TILLMAN HALL. IN A WYFF NEWS 4 INVESTIGATION GABRIELLE KOMOROWSKI WORKED TO FIND OUT WHY THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED. HER REPORT IS ALL NEW AT 6:00. GABRIELLE: LIKE CLOCKWORK, LIFE ON CLEMSON UNIVERSITYâS CAMPUS. REVOLVES AROUND THIS BUILDING. BUILT IN 1891, TILLMAN HALL IS THE FOCAL POINT. THAT FOCUS ZEROED IN ON BENJAMIN TILLMAN ONE OF THE UNIVERSITYâS FOUNDERS LAST SUMMER AFTER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD CLEMSON STUDENTS SPOKE OUT. , THEY DEMANDED CHANGE. AND THE SCHOOLâS BOARD OF TRUSTEES SAID CHANGE WOULD COME. SAYING WE MUST RECOGNIZE THERE ARE CENTRAL FIGURES IN CLEMSONâS HISTORY WHOSE IDEALS, BELIEFS AND ACTIONS DO NOT REPRESENT THE UNIVERSITYâS CORE VALUES OF RESPECT AND DIVERSITY. THE SCHOOLâS WEBSITE ACKNOWLEDGES TILLMAN WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS RACIST VIEWS. OVER THE NEXT 9 MONTHS FLOYDâS KILLER WAS BROUGHT TO JUSTICE, TILLMANâS NAME STAYEDON THIS BUILDING. NO BILL WAS INTRODUCED IN SOUTH CAROLINAâS LEGISLATURE TO MAKE THE CHANGE. WE FOUND THE STATE HOUSE MEMBER REPRESENTING CLEMSON WAS NEVER CONTACTED BY THE SCHOOL. >> I HAVE NOT BEEN APPROACHED BY THE UNIVERSITY. IâVE BEEN APPROACHED BY SOME ALUMNI, BUT NOT THE UNIVERSITY PROPER. NO >> REPRESENTATIVE JERRY CARTER IS A FRESHMAN LAWMAKER. HE SUPPORTED THE NAME CHANGE WHEN RUNNING FOR OFFICE. >> IF THEY THINK CHANGING THIS HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT IN TERMS OF HOW STUDENTS FEEL ABOUT CLEMSON UNIVERSITY AND WHO THEY PROMOTE, WHO THEY REPRESENT, THEN THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAPPEN. >> THERE IS A BILL TO REMOVE BENJAMIN TILLMANâS STATUE FROM THE GROUNDS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HOUSE IN COLUMBIA. >> I THINK IF ENOUGH PEOPLE IN THIS STATE WERE TO KNOW THE HISTORY BEHIND TILLMAN THEY WOULD WANT THE STATUE REMOVED AND PUT IN THE MUSEUM FOR YOU KNOW, ANCIENT WHITE RACISTS OR WHATEVER. >> TOM OâBRIEN RUNS THE GROUP "TAKE TILLMAN DOWN." >> I THINK THE CONFEDERATE FLAG WAS THE START. TILLMAN SEEMS LIKE A SLAM DUNK ON SOMETHING THATâS INAPPROPRIATE. >> THE GROUP HOLDS MONTHLY RALLIES AT THE STATUE. OâBRIEN THINKS CLEMSONâS MOVE TO RENAME TILLMAN HALL WOULD HELP THEIR CAUSE. >> IT CERTAINLY WOULDNâT HURT. I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD MOVE ON THEIR PART. I DONâT KNOW WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE A BUILDING ON GROUNDS NAMED AFTER THE MAN. >> REPRESENTED OF CARTER BELIEFS CHANGE WILL LIKELY COME AT CLEMSON BUT COULD NOT SAY WHEN OR HOW EASILY IT WOULD HAPPEN. >> I KNOW THERE IS A STRONG FEELING AMONG LEGISLATORS THAT WE DONâT WANT TO REVISE HISTORY AND SOME FEEL THAT PULLING MONUMENTS, CHANGING BUILDING NAMES IS DOING THAT. >> BECAUSE OF THE LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR ANY EFFORT TO CHANGE THE NAME WILL LIKELY NOW HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL