Steady and Measured

"A vivid account of South Carolina State University's history and presidential actions during the era of the Civil Rights Movement. The book reveals how Turner performed a balancing act, at once protecting the university from a white supremacist state government amidst the sweeping tides of Black progressive change."—F. Erik Brooks, PhD, provost and vice president for academic affairs, Central State University

"Boyce's engaging, insightful biography offers critical insights into a little understood and sometimes maligned historical figure, Benner C. Turner. Using spare but penetrating language, Boyce delves into the inner workings of a pragmatic conservative who repressed civil rights activism but nevertheless contributed to his college's advancement during extraordinarily repressive times."—June Manning Thomas, PhD, professor emerita, University of Michigan, and author of Struggling to Learn: An Intimate History of School Desegregation in South Carolina