- Collection:
- Rev. Joseph A. DeLaine Papers ca. 1918-2000
- Title:
- Letter, 1949 Nov. 14, (Columbia, S.C.), Eugene A.R. Montgomery, to Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., (Summerton, S.C.)
- Creator:
- Montgomery, Eugene A. R., 1923-1996
- Date of Original:
- 1949-11-14
- Subject:
- African American civil rights workers--South Carolina
Civil rights workers--South Carolina
Civil rights movements--South Carolina
African Americans--Civil rights--South Carolina
Civil rights--South Carolina
African Americans--South Carolina
Clarendon County (S.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Segregation in education--South Carolina--Clarendon County
Race relations
African Americans--Segregation--South Carolina--Clarendon County
African American school principals--South Carolina--Clarendon County
School principals--South Carolina--Clarendon County
African American schools--South Carolina--Clarendon County
Schools--South Carolina--Clarendon County
Montgomery, Eugene A. R., 1923-1996--Correspondence
DeLaine, Joseph A. (Joseph Armstrong), 1898-1974--Correspondence - People:
- Montgomery, Eugene A. R., 1923-1996
De Laine, Joseph A. (Joseph Armstrong), 1898-1974
De Laine, Mattie Belton, 1907-1999 - 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 Eugene A.R. Montgomery, the executive secretary, of the South Carolina chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Columbia, South Carolina, to Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr. of Summerton, South Carolina, regarding a petition to school boards officials; Reverend Seals' plans to raise funds for a school desegregation case; the administration of Scott's Branch School; and request for travel expenses. Montgomery asks if DeLaine's wife is still the acting principal of Scott's Branch School. The letter is written on letterhead of the South Carolina Conference of the NAACP and lists the names of local branch officers and the slogan, "Determined to secure at home what America would guarantee abroad."
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/633
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/iiif/2/jad:633/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- image/jpg
Manuscripts - Original Collection:
- Legal size - 9625 - (Folder 5), Joseph Armstrong DeLaine papers, ca. 1918-2000, South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbus, South Carolina.
- Contributing Institution:
- South Caroliniana Library
- Rights:
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