- Collection:
- Rev. Joseph A. DeLaine Papers ca. 1918-2000
- Title:
- Photograph, 1952 Mar. 30, (Lake City, S.C.), L.B. Rivers, Ella Ragin, Rebecca Seals, Henretta Nelson, Mrs. Edward Frazier, and Rebecca Brown
- Publisher:
- Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library
- Date of Original:
- 1952-03-30
- Subject:
- Rivers, L.B.--Pictorial works
Ragin, Ella--Pictorial works
Seals, Rebecca--Pictorial works
Nelson, Henretta--Pictorial works
Frazier, Mrs. Edward--Pictorial works
Brown, Rebecca--Pictorial works
Pictorial works
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States--History--20th century
African Americans--Civil rights--South Carolina
South Carolina--Social conditions--History--20th century
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--Trials, litigation, etc - People:
- De Laine, Joseph A. (Joseph Armstrong), 1898-1974
- Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Florence County, 34.02439, -79.70282
United States, South Carolina, Pee Dee, 34.20599, -79.53894 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Photo (Lake City, S.C.) of supportors of Clarendon County (S.C.) School Segregation Case [Briggs v. Elliott] taken at Saint James A.M.E. Church; On the opposite side is a group of the backers and sympathizers in the struggle to bring the Clarendon County School Segregation Case. This is a voluntary group who raised the $400.00 which Rev. J.W. Seals presented to Rev. J.A. De Laine to go to the 1952 General Conference after Rev. De Laine was defeated in the Palmetto Cnoference as a delegate. This group also raised about $300.00 previous to this to help on the legal expences of Rev. J.A. De Laine when the defendence in the Clarendon County Segregation Case had De Laine sued $20,000.00, through S.I. Benson's name, and five of them were the prosecuting witnesses who got the judgment against De Laine for allegedly slander. This picture was taken in St. James A.M.E. Church at Lake City, S.C., during a testimonial meeting given by the people from Clarendon County (in Florence County) honoring Rev. J.A. De Laine for the work that he had done in arousnig the people of Clarendon County to action. This picture was taken on March 30, 1952 which was the third anniversary of the movement to get 20 parents for plaintiffs to file suit for Equal Educational Opporunities and Facilities; the first meeting in this campain was held at Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church March 20, 1949. The names are as follows: Mr. L.B. Rivers, Chairman of the NAACP Executive Committee and became president of the Clarendon County Branch in 1953; 2. Mrs. Ella (Mud) Ragin; 3. Mrs. Rebecca Seals, a teacher who lost her job because she and Rev. Seals took a stand; 4. Mrs. Henretta Nelson; 5. Mrs. Edward Frazier, wife of Rev. Frazier; Mrs Rebecca Brown. In the rear is Rev. Brooks Nelson and Mrs. Henretta Palmer. All on this picture are members of the A.M.E. Church. written on reverse.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/jad/id/885
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/iiif/2/jad:885/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright Not Evaluated. For more information contact the South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.
- Original Collection:
- Legal size - 13439 - (Folder 28)
Joseph A. DeLaine Papers - Contributing Institution:
- South Caroliniana Library
- Rights:
-
Photograph, 1952 Mar. 30, (Lake City, S.C.), L.B. Rivers, Ella Ragin, Rebecca Seals, Henretta Nelson, Mrs. Edward Frazier, and Rebecca Brown
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