Former South Carolina wide receiver Alshon Jeffery and former running back Marcus Lattimore are among those advocating for the school to rename its wellness center.
As Nick Bromberg of Yahoo Sports noted, the wellness center is named after Strom Thurmond, who was a U.S. Senator from 1956 to 2003. He was a segregationist who switched from the Democratic party to the Republican party because he opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
"To celebrate well known segregationist Strom Thurmond's legacy by keeping his name on our Wellness Center sends a contradicting message to our black students @UofSC," both players tweeted.