Several former South Carolina football stars, including Marcus Lattimore and Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Alshon Jeffery, are leading a campaign to rename the Strom Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center on the school's campus.
The former Gamecocks -- who also include Carolina Panthers running back Mike Davis and Shaq Wilson, now on the football staff at the University of Tennessee -- shared the same statement on social media:
"To celebrate well known segragationist Strom Thurmond's legacy by keeping his name on our Wellness Center sends a contradicitng message to our black students @UofSC.