- Collection:
- Rev. Joseph A. DeLaine Papers ca. 1918-2000
- Title:
- Letter, 1961 Dec. 11, (Columbia, S.C.), John H. McCray, to Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., (Hollis, Long Island, N.Y.)
- Creator:
- McCray, John Henry, 1910-1987
- Date of Original:
- 1961-12-11
- Subject:
- African American journalists--South Carolina
African American clergy--New York (State)--New York
African Americans--Civil rights--South Carolina--Clarendon County
Civil rights--South Carolina--Clarendon County
Segregation in education--South Carolina--Clarendon County
Segregation in education--Kansas--Topeka
Trials--South Carolina--Clarendon County
Trials--Kansas--Topeka
United States. Supreme Court
African Americans--Segregation--South Carolina--Clarendon County
African Americans--Segregation--Kansas--Topeka
Race discrimination--South Carolina--Clarendon County
Race discrimination--Kansas--Topeka
Clarendon County (S.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Topeka (Kan.)--Race relations--History--20th century
McCray, John Henry, 1910-1987--Correspondence
DeLaine, Joseph A. (Joseph Armstrong), 1898-1974--Correspondence
Brown, Oliver, 1918- --Trials, litigation, etc.
Briggs, Harry, d. 1986--Trials, litigation, etc. - People:
- McCray, John Henry, 1910-1987
De Laine, Joseph A. (Joseph Armstrong), 1898-1974
Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961
Briggs, Harry, -1986 - Location:
- United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729
United States, South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, 34.00071, -81.03481 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Letter from John H. McCray of Columbia, South Carolina to Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr. of Hollis, Long Island, New York regarding the date the school segregation case Brown v. Board of Education was filed. McCray notes the likelihood that the Clarendon County, South Carolina school segregation case, Briggs v. Elliott, was the oldest of the five cases combined under the Brown v. Board of Education case argued before the United States Supreme Court and decided in 1954. The letter is written on Pittsburgh Courier letterhead.
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/693
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/iiif/2/jad:693/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- image/jpg
Manuscripts - Original Collection:
- Legal size - 9625 - (Folder 11), 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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