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Episodes tagged "Supreme Court": 1 through 3 of 3

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  1. Lincoln Elementary and High School, McClennanville, SC: A Standing Artifact of Desegregation in South Carolina
    date 1955 to 1960map Greenville, South Carolinatags equalization schools, Supreme Court, construction, Lincoln, Greenville, SC, South Carolina, Educational System, Brown vs. Board of Educat, Education, Desegregation

    A photograph of Lincoln Elemetary and High School, as it still stands in McClennanville, South Carolina, an unoccupied building with boarded windows, is the starting point for this episode in American history. The photograph was taken by Rebekah Dobrasko, in 2008, as part of a master's thesis on equalization schools in South Carolina. Across the state of South Carolina from 1951-1960, a wave of new...

  2. Teenage School bus Drivers, Black and White, Crash on South Carolina Highway
    date January 20, 1953map Clarendon, South Carolinatags African-Americans, Desegregation, Transportation, Segregation, Supreme Court, Children, Public Schools, Black History, Black Schools, South Carolina, Buses

    “W.H. Ridgeway, the 16-year-old driver of the white bus, sobbed in his hospital bed and told his mother over and over how sorry he was the wreck had happened” The Columbia State, South Carolina’s largest newspaper, reported this pitiful scene on January 21st, 1953, under the front-page headline, “Clarendon School Bus Crash Kills 2”. The State ran no pictures of the crash, but the details...

  3. William Whaley, Esq Presents his case before the Supreme Court of South Carolina
    date 1868 to 1869map RICHLAND, South Carolinatags Law, Supreme Court, Negro Bonds, Whaley

    The Civil War was one of the most important events in American History, however, a major part of the Civil War is not emphasized. That is, its economic impact. With the freeing of thousands of slaves who had previously been property, the economic impact on slave owners and traders was enormous. Many, many court cases arose in regards to the issue of “Bonds given in the Sale of Negros.” One such...