- Collection:
- Rev. Joseph A. DeLaine Papers ca. 1918-2000
- Title:
- Letter, 1950 Mar. 4, Ku Klux Klan, Warning Benson
- Creator:
- Ku Klux Klan, (1915- )
- Date of Original:
- 1950-03-04
- Subject:
- Ku Klux Klan, (1915- )--South Carolina
White supremacy movements--South Carolina--Clarendon County
African Americans--South Carolina--Clarendon County
African Americans--Civil rights--South Carolina--Clarendon County
Civil rights--South Carolina--Clarendon County
Civil rights movements--South Carolina--Clarendon County
African American school principals--South Carolina--Clarendon County
School principals--South Carolina--Clarendon County
Trials--South Carolina--Clarendon County
African American clergy--South Carolina--Clarendon County
Clergy--South Carolina--Clarendon County
Benson, S. Isaiah--Correspondence - People:
- Benson, S. Isaiah
- Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Clarendon County, 33.66581, -80.2164
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Forged letter allegedly from the Ku Klux Klan to S. Isaiah Benson, principal of the Scott's Branch School in Clarendon County, South Carolina. The letter warns that Benson should not appear in judgment against anyone in South Carolina or elsewhere. It also warns that any African Americans who support Benson are also at risk of being killed. A handwritten note by Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr. explains that the forged letter was intended to influence jurors to hand down a $20,000 judgment against him, but that the conspirators were caught.
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/637
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/iiif/2/jad:637/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- image/jpg
Manuscripts - Original Collection:
- Legal size - 13439 - (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:
-
Letter, 1950 Mar. 4, Ku Klux Klan, Warning Benson
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