- Collection:
- The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Title:
- Timmerman Signs Interposition Resolution
- Creator:
- The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.)
Nebbia, Tom - Date of Original:
- 1956-02-14
- Subject:
- Governors
Politicians
Segregation - People:
- Blatt, Solomon, 1896-1986
Gressette, L. Marion (Lawrence Marion), 1902-1984
Jefferies, Richard M. (Richard Manning), 1888-1964
Lake, Henry L. (Henry Lovic), 1919-1987
McFaddin, James Hugh, 1912-1973
Rhodes, William L. (William Luther), 1918-1986
Rogers, Joseph O. (Joseph Oscar), 1921-1999
Timmerman, George Bell, 1912-1994
Williams, John H. (John Henry), 1917-1991 - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Richland County, 34.0218, -80.90304
United States, South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, 34.00071, -81.03481 - Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Description:
- South Carolina Governor George Bell Timmerman signs the Interposition Resolution declaring the Brown v. Board of Education ruling against segregated public schools invalid in South Carolina pending further study by the state. Pictured standing behind Timmerman are, from left to right, Rep. Sol Blatt, Rep. William L. Rhodes, Sen. James Hugh McFaddin, Sen. R. M. Jefferies, Sen. L. Marion Gressette, Rep. Henry L. Lake, Sen. John Williams and Rep. Joseph Rogers. Senator Gressette is chairman of the Gressette Committee that drew up the resolution.
- Local Identifier:
- state_001_0195
- Metadata URL:
- http://cdm16817.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16817coll21/id/1141
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright The State Media Company. All rights reserved. For more information, contact the Walker Local and Family History Center at Richland Library, Columbia, S.C. 29201.
- Original Collection:
- Box 1, Timmerman, Governor, signing interposition bill, The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Contributing Institution:
- Richland Library
- Rights:
-
