On September 11, 1963, Robert Anderson, Henrie Monteith, and James Solomon became the first African-American students to register for classes at the University of South Carolina since 1877 when they entered Osborne Administration Building, breaking the color barrier at the state’s flagship university. Their courage continued to resonate as the university embraced diversity and learned from differences in people, ideas, and opinions. The garden created for the fiftieth anniversary of that day was inspired by diversity, equality, and transformation, and includes brick pathways, three juniper topiaries, and a granite monument bearing the poem “The Irresistible Ones,” written in tribute to the three students by professor Nickky Finney. The topiaries were created by Pearl Fryer of Bishopville, South Carolina, a nationally renowned topiary artist.