Uncommon Courage
Subtitle: The Story of Briggs V. Elliott, South Carolina's Unsung Civil Rights Battle
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Palmetto Conservation Foundation
Published: May 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 55
ISBN-13: 9780974528403
Subjects: Law; Segregation in education; Elliott, R. W; Briggs, Harry,; Trials, litigation, etc; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Law and legislation; General; Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; African Americans; South Carolina; d. 1986; Civil rights; Discrimination in education
First sentence: It has been fifty years since the United States Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision ending de jure segregation in the nation's public schools in a lawsuit that began as a quest for equal treatment of African-American students in Clarendon County, South Carolina.