- Collection:
- Rev. Joseph A. DeLaine Papers ca. 1918-2000
- Title:
- Letter, 1948 Sept. 30, (Summerton, S.C.), Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., to [James M.] Hinton and [Harry R.] Boulware, [Columbia, S.C.]
- Creator:
- De Laine, Joseph A. (Joseph Armstrong), 1898-1974
- Date of Original:
- 1948-09-30
- Subject:
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
African American lawyers--South Carolina--Columbia
Lawyers--South Carolina--Columbia
School superintendents--South Carolina--Clarendon County
Race discrimination--South Carolina--Clarendon County
Clarendon County (S.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
African Americans--Segregation--South Carolina--Clarendon County
Segregation in education--South Carolina--Clarendon County
Civil rights movements--South Carolina--Clarendon County
Civil rights workers--South Carolina
African American civil rights workers--South Carolina
DeLaine, Joseph A. (Joseph Armstrong), 1898-1974--Correspondence
Boulware, Harold R., 1913-1983--Correspondence
Hinton, James M. (James Myles), 1891-1970--Correspondence - People:
- De Laine, Joseph A. (Joseph Armstrong), 1898-1974
Hinton, James M. (James Myles), 1891-1970
Boulware, Harold R., 1913-1983
Bechmen, H. B.
Pearson, Levi
Pearson, Levi--Trials, litigation, etc. - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Clarendon County, 33.66581, -80.2164
United States, South Carolina, Clarendon County, Summerton, 33.60822, -80.3512
United States, South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, 34.00071, -81.03481 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Letter from Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr. of Summerton, South Carolina to James M. Hinton, president of the South Carolina chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and attorney Harold R. Boulware, both of Columbia, South Carolina. In his letter, DeLaine requests legal advice regarding Summerton School Superintendent H. B. Bechmen's decision to make all of the out of district children make application to the trustees of their home district to attend school. DeLaine also mentions Levi Pearson's uncertain position between districts 5 and 26 and the bus transportation case, Pearson v. County Board of Education (1948).
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/collection/jad/id/605
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/iiif/2/jad:605/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- image/jpg
Manuscripts - Original Collection:
- Legal size - 13439 - (Folder 3), Joseph Armstrong DeLaine papers, ca. 1918-2000, South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbus, South Carolina.
- Contributing Institution:
- South Caroliniana Library
- Rights:
-
Letter, 1948 Sept. 30, (Summerton, S.C.), Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., to [James M.] Hinton and [Harry R.] Boulware, [Columbia, S.C.]
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