UofSC slave labor, Wheeler Hill and Sigma Pi Phi

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The video explores the history of the University of South Carolina's campus expansion and its connection to slave labor and the displacement of the historic Black community of Wheeler Hill. It also highlights the legacy of Dr. Henry McKee Minton and the founding of Sigma Pi Phi fraternity.

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UofSC would erase majority of Wheeler Hill to expand their campus. UofSC used slave labor to build the horseshoe and majority of their campus. Sigma Pi Phi is also known as The Boule which translates to “advisors to the king”.