Call My Name is a research project by Dr. Rhondda Robinson Thomas, Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature at Clemson University, dedicated to telling the stories of Black men, women, and children throughout Clemson University’s history whose lives and experiences have been largely overlooked in the University’s public history.
This series of screenprints were commissioned by Dr. Thomas and completed in 2019.
Generation 1 (1737-1865) – Free and Enslaved Persons of African Descent
Generation 2 (1866-1874): Sharecroppers, Tenant Farmers, & Domestics
Generation 3 (1890-1915): Convicted Laborers
Generation 4 (1890 onward): Wage Workers & Cooperative Extension Agents
Generation 5: Musicians
Generation 6 (1963 onward): Desegregation Generation