Segregation: Correspondence between a Johnston, South Carolina family and Senator Burnet R. Maybank, June 1954

Title:

Segregation: Correspondence between a Johnston, South Carolina family and Senator Burnet R. Maybank, June 1954

Date:

1954

Description:

A letter from a family in Johnston, South Carolina, protesting the integration of public schools in their town. The family fears the possibility of integration leading to intermarriage and asserts that black people living in their town are opposed to integration as well. Senator Maybank responds with similar opinion but explains that the recent Supreme Court Decision of Brown v. Board of Education will make it difficult for him to do anything.

Collection Title:

Senator Burnet R. Maybank Papers, 1914-1973

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Documents

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:

Edgefield 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:

44021