Dawn of desegregation J.A. De Laine and Briggs v. Elliott /

Dawn of desegregation J.A. De Laine and Briggs v. Elliott /

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"Though De Laine and the brave parents who filed Briggs v. Elliott initially lost their lawsuit in district court, the case grew in significance when the plaintiffs appealed the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. Three years after the appeal, the Briggs case was one of the five lawsuits that s...

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Main Author: Gona, Ophelia De Laine
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, c2011.
Subjects:
Briggs, Harry, > d. 1986 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Elliott, R. W. > Trials, litigation, etc.
DeLaine, Joseph A. > (Joseph Armstrong), > 1898-1974.
Segregation in education > Law and legislation > South Carolina > Clarendon County > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > South Carolina > Clarendon County > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > South Carolina > Clarendon County > History > 20th century.
African American clergy > South Carolina > Clarendon County > Biography.
African American civil rights workers > South Carolina > Clarendon County > Biography.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Briars of discrimination
  • Spokesman for the disenfranchised
  • The challenge
  • Ups and downs
  • Transition
  • June 8
  • Across the Rubicon
  • An offer that was refused
  • Warnings
  • Showdown on Main
  • A not-so-merry Christmas
  • Liar, liar
  • Moving on
  • Federal District Court
  • Verdicts
  • New evil
  • Armageddon.

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