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Briggs v. Elliott and White Supremacy, Interfaith Partners of South Carolina
A few helpful notes with links: In the Willie Earle lynching, 31 white men were arrested and charged; 26 confessed. Click here to read about the trial. Ida B. Wells-Barnett counted 241 lynchings in 1892; of that number 160 victims were black. Lynchers claimed rape in 46 instances and attempted rape in 11 instances, less than a third, although this was a common justification used by lynchers. Click here to read her report. Wells-Barnett attempted to get help for the survivors of the lynching of the Frazier Baker family. Click here to read about the lynching and her efforts.
How Briggs v. Elliott led to Brown v. Board of Education, Lourie Lectures
The Petitioners of Briggs v. Elliott, the first lawsuit in Brown v. Board, Lourie Lectures
NAACP Lawsuits and Racial Violence, Lourie Lectures
Charleston Hospital Strike, Women and Gender Studies, University of South Carolina
Greenville Protests, Lunchbox Learning, Upcountry History Museum, Furman University
In Conversation with Thomas Gaither, 1960s CORE architect of “jail-no bail” and the Freedom Rides. York County Library, Historic Rock Hill, Rock Hill Community Relations Council, Freedom Walkway Committee, WRHI AM, CN2 News, Family of Rev. Cecil Ivory, and USC Press.
1960 Sit-Ins, In Conversation with Matt Steinmetz. Lexington County Public Library
Civil Rights Youth Media Project. SC ETV
Civil Rights Then and Now, In Conversation with Issac Bailey. Itinerant Literate Books, Charleston
The Redemptive Power of Stories, In Conversation with Poet Marjory Wentworth. Charleston County Public Library
In Conversation with Civil Rights Photographer Cecil J. Williams. Historic Columbia