Segregation: Constituent Correspondence Written in Opposition to the Desegregation of Public Schools, August 1954

Title:

Segregation: Constituent Correspondence Written in Opposition to the Desegregation of Public Schools, August 1954

Date:

1954

Description:

Six handwritten letters from South Carolina constituents written in response to a newspaper clipping concerning the Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education. The constituents request Senator Maybank's support in preventing the desegregation of public schools in South Carolina.

Collection Title:

Senator Burnet R. Maybank Papers, 1914-1973

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Manuscripts

Series:

Burnet R. Maybank Senatorial Papers - Segregation 1954

Personal or Corporate Subject:

United States. Supreme Court

Topical Subject:

Civil rights and Segregation in education

Geographic Subject:

South Carolina

S.C. County:

Sumter County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

MSS 0085 Box 193 Folder 60

Date Digital:

2015-02-18

Digitization Specifications:

300 dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Epson Expression 10000XL, Archival masters are tiffs.

Internet Media Type:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Public domain.

Access Statement:

For more information contact Special Collections at Addlestone Library, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 29424.

Admin ID:

44023