suc_jad_jad693 jad693 jad suc yes Letter, 1961 Dec. 11, (Columbia, S.C.), John H. McCray, to Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., (Hollis, Long Island, N.Y.) McCray, John Henry, 1910-1987 African American journalists--South Carolina African American clergy--New York (State)--New York African Americans--Civil rights--South Carolina--Clarendon County Civil rights--South Carolina--Clarendon County Segregation in education--South Carolina--Clarendon County Segregation in education--Kansas--Topeka Trials--South Carolina--Clarendon County Trials--Kansas--Topeka United States. Supreme Court African Americans--Segregation--South Carolina--Clarendon County African Americans--Segregation--Kansas--Topeka Race discrimination--South Carolina--Clarendon County Race discrimination--Kansas--Topeka Clarendon County (S.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century Topeka (Kan.)--Race relations--History--20th century McCray, John Henry, 1910-1987 McCray, John Henry, 1910-1987--Correspondence DeLaine, Joseph A. (Joseph Armstrong), 1898-1974 DeLaine, Joseph A. (Joseph Armstrong), 1898-1974--Correspondence Brown, Oliver, 1918- --Trials, litigation, etc. Briggs, Harry, d. 1986--Trials, litigation, etc. Letter from John H. McCray of Columbia, South Carolina to Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr. of Hollis, Long Island, New York regarding the date the school segregation case Brown v. Board of Education was filed. McCray notes the likelihood that the Clarendon County, South Carolina school segregation case, Briggs v. Elliott, was the oldest of the five cases combined under the Brown v. Board of Education case argued before the United States Supreme Court and decided in 1954. The letter is written on Pittsburgh Courier letterhead. 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. Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina, University Libraries, Digital Collections South Caroliniana Library University of South Carolina. Library. Digital Collections 2008 English Letters (correspondence) http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/u?/jad,693 image/jpg Manuscripts Legal size - 9625 - (Folder 11), Joseph Armstrong DeLaine papers, ca. 1918-2000, South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbus, South Carolina. Forms part of online collection: Rev. Joseph A. DeLaine papers, ca. 1918-2000. 1961-12-11 Columbia (S.C.) Richland County (S.C.) New York (N.Y.) Digital image copyright 2008, The University of South Carolina. All rights reserved. For more information contact The South Caroliniana Library, USC, Columbia, SC 29208. 20090526 204851