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COURAGE:
THE CAROLINA STORY THAT CHANGED AMERICA
A MAJOR EXHIBIT
explores the saga of Rev. J. A. De Laine and his rural
South Carolina neighbors who filed the first lawsuit
leading to the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision
Brown v. Board of Education, which ruled segregation
unconstitutional.
PROGRAMS begin with an opening celebration and symposium
January 30-31, 2004, featuring members of the De Laine
family and NPR correspondent Juan Williams (biographer
of attorney Thurgood Marshall).
RENOWNED
EXHIBIT DESIGNER Darcie Fohrman, best known for her
work at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial, is working with
the Levine Museum and the children of Rev. De Laine.
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left: This building housed the Spring Hill School
which adjoined Spring Hill A.M.E. Church where
Rev. Joseph De Laine was pastor. The building
was maintained by the church until several Summerton
parents sued for equal educational opportunities.
Right: Mr. Levi Pearson, a resident of the Davis
Station area, brought a bus transportation lawsuit
against the Clarendon County Board of Education.
Reprinted by permission from Quest for Equality:
Briggs v. Elliott--A Brief History. |
JANUARY 30
- EARLY AUGUST 2004 at the Levine Museum of the New
South, Charlotte, NC. The exhibit moves to the University
of South Carolina's McKissick Museum in Fall 2004.
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