- Collection:
- Isaiah DeQuincey Newman, (1911-1985), Papers, 1929-2003
- Title:
- Speech, May 17, 1958, "Commemorating the Supreme Court Decision Outlawing Racial Segregation in Public Schools"
- Creator:
- Newman, I. DeQuincey (Isaiah DeQuincey), 1911-1985
- Date of Original:
- 1958-05-17
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements--United States
African Americans--Segregation--United States
African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States
Segregation in education--United States
Brown, Oliver, 1918- --Trials, litigation, etc.
Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc.
Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity
United States. Supreme Court
United States. Constitution. 15th Amendment
United States--Race relations
African Americans--Economic conditions
African Americans--Social conditions
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Political rights
Citizenship
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation
Race relations - People:
- Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891
Joshua - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Charleston County, 32.74917, -79.94202
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- 1 page speech with markings and handwritten notes in margins, delivered at the prayer pilgrimage and Thanksgiving service on May 17, 1958 at Emmanuel A.M.E. Church. The speech commemorates the anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS Supreme Court decision, and the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment. Commemoration of the Emancipation Proclamation is added in margin notes. The speech quotes a passage from the Bible in which Joshua gives thanks, and also quotes James Russell Lowell. The speech warns that laurels should not be rested upon. The African American in the United States like a pilgrim, which according to the Hebrew definition is one who dwells in a place without the rights of a citizen. Advancements towards civil rights constitute a pilgrimage.
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. - Local Identifier:
- pnh5805a
- Metadata URL:
- https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/collection/idn/id/1765
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/iiif/idn:1765/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- image/jpg
- Original Collection:
- Folder: Newman, Speeches, 1957-1984 & n.d., Isaiah DeQuincey Newman Papers, South Carolina Political Collections, The University of South Carolina Libraries
- Contributing Institution:
- University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections
- Rights:
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