Briggs vs. Elliott, 1949-1950

Object Type: Folder
In Folder: Complaints files, 1948-1951

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Briggs vs. Elliott, 1949-1950

SCDAH Description

Title: Briggs vs. Elliott, 1949-1950

Identifier: L14167

Creating Agency: Clarendon County. --Board of Education

Date of Creation: 1949-1950

Description: Petition to the Clarendon County Board of Education and Federal District Court filings regarding the segregation and unequal treatment of African-American schoolchildren. Digitized from the original documents held by the SCDAH. The Briggs vs. Elliot case was submitted to the federal district court in Charleston on May 17, 1950. The case was eventually consolidated before the United States Supreme Court into Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka.

Record Group Title: Clarendon County

Record Group Identifier: 14

Archives Series Title: Complaints files

Archives Series Number: L14167

Format(s) Type: Text

Format Details: .jpg, .pdf, .tif

Language: English

Subject(s): Briggs

Subject(s): Elliott

Subject(s): Court

Subject(s): Board of Education

Subject(s): Segregation