Brown v. Board of Education, United States, 2003
date: label: date made
content: 2003
name: label: maker
content: Vickers, Charles L.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) Brown versus Board of Education medal
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content: United States, 2003
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content: Obverse Image: Four central bust-length portraits of Reverend DeLaine, Harry and Eliza Briggs and Levi Pearson, accompany each name. Two cabbage palmettos, the state tree of South Carolina, flank the portraits.
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content: Obverse Text: BRIGGS V. ELLIOTT / "OUR TRUST IS IN GOD" / BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION / CLV / JOSEPH A. DELAINE / LEVI PEARSON / HARRY & ELIZA BRIGGS
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content: Reverse Image: Image of Justice, blindfolded and carrying a set of scales in left hand and a sword in the right. Pile of books at her feet.
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content: Reverse Text: HONORING THE PIONEERS AND PETITIONERS FROM CLARENDON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA / THEY PROVED THAT "SEGREGATION IN EDUCATION CAN NEVER PRODUCE EQUALITY AND THAT IT IS AN EVIL THAT MUST BE ERADICATED." JUDGE J. WATIES WARING DISSENTING OPINION / ACT OF CONGRESS 2003 / DW
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content: Smooth edge.
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content: General Information: Bronze 2003 duplicate of U.S. Congressional Gold Medals bestowed posthumously to Reverend Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., Harry and Eliza Briggs, and Levi Pearson in recognition of their contributions in the effort to desegregate public schools. School desegregation evolved from efforts spearheaded by Reverend DeLaine to gain bus transportation for African American children of Clarendon County, South Carolina.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: United States Mint
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0254.12
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0254.12
label: accession number
content: 2012.0254
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 76 mm; x 3 in