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You withdraw from Iowa state in December 1962 as you decide to move forward with the lawsuit to force your way through admissions. The legal system is slow so you have plenty of time to prepare for the outcome. You keep up with editorials and news about segregation, both pro-integration and anti-integration. You want to understand what people think and why.

When your lawsuit reaches the 4th district court in Anderson, Clemson is ordered to accept Gantt into Clemson, and the presses go wild. R C Edwards, then dean of Clemson publishes an editorial telling students that if they started trouble they would be expelled out of Clemson in the Tiger Paper, fearing violence mirroring Mississippi's history of integration. The governor of South Carolina echoed Mr.Edwards sentiment. He wants it to be a one day news story, then back to normal.

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