Rev. Joseph A. DeLaine Papers ca. 1918-2000
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Creator
De Laine, Joseph A. (Joseph Armstrong), 1898-1974
Date of Original
1918/2000
Subject
Civil rights movements--South Carolina--Clarendon County
Civil rights--South Carolina--Clarendon County
Civil rights workers--South Carolina--Clarendon County
African American civil rights workers--South Carolina--Clarendon County
African Americans--South Carolina--Clarendon County
African Americans--Civil rights--South Carolina--Clarendon County
Clarendon County (S.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
Race discrimination--South Carolina--Clarendon County
Segregation in education--South Carolina--Clarendon County
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
African Americans--Violence against--South Carolina--Lake City
African American school children--South Carolina--Clarendon County
Clergy--South Carolina
African American clergy--South Carolina
Clergy--New York (State)
African American clergy--New York (State)
African Americans--Religion
African Americans--Segregation--South Carolina--Clarendon County
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Lawyers--South Carolina
Governors--South Carolina
Spouses of clergy--South Carolina
Spouses of clergy--New York (State)
Trials--South Carolina--Clarendon County
People
De Laine, Joseph A. (Joseph Armstrong), 1898-1974
Briggs, Eliza, -1998
Briggs, Harry, -1986
De Laine, Mattie Belton, 1907-1999
Briggs, Eliza, -1998--Trials, litigation, etc.
Briggs, Harry, -1986--Trials, litigation, etc.
Location
United States, New York, 43.00035, -75.4999
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, Florence County, 34.02439, -79.70282
United States, South Carolina, Florence County, Lake City, 33.871, -79.75535
Medium
articles
letters (correspondence)
invitations
programs
photographs
black-and-white photographs
Type
Text
Description
Online collection of digital materials related to the life and civil rights work of Reverend Joseph A. DeLaine. DeLaine was active in the Civil Rights movement in Clarendon County, South Carolina, and helped organize the 1949 Briggs v. Elliott lawsuit that was eventually included in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education United States Supreme Court case. Community pressure forced DeLaine to move from Clarendon County to Florence County, South Carolina, and eventually leave the state as a fugative. DeLaine served as a pastor in New York City and Buffalo, New York, before retiring to Charlotte, North Carolina. The collection contains letters, speeches, reports, narratives, and affidavits, news clippings, programs, booklets, as well as photographs of DeLaine, his family, and individuals involved in the Briggs v. Elliott lawsuit. The bulk of the materials covers DeLaine's work from 1942 until 1974., 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.
Rights Holder
Copyright 2005, the University of South Carolina.
Contributing Institution
South Caroliniana Library
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