Briggs v. Elliott

E11638
United States federal court case civil rights case court case school desegregation case

Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Gebhart v. Belton 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal court case ⓘ
civil rights case ⓘ
court case ⓘ
school desegregation case ⓘ
appealedTo Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
civilRightsOrganizationInvolved NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ⓘ
consolidatedInto Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInvoked Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country United States of America ⓘ
court United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina ⓘ
decisionYear 1951 ⓘ
defendant Clarendon County school board ⓘ
R. W. Elliott ⓘ
historicalEra American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form: Civil Rights Movement
historicalPeriod early 1950s ⓘ
impact contributed to nationwide school desegregation ⓘ
influenced civil rights litigation strategy ⓘ
jurisdiction South Carolina ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
laterSought desegregation of public schools ⓘ
legalDoctrineInvolved separate but equal ⓘ
legalIssue Equal Protection Clause ⓘ
surface form: Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

constitutionality of segregated schools ⓘ
racial segregation in public schools ⓘ
location Clarendon County, South Carolina ⓘ
NAACPLegalTeamInvolved Jack Greenberg ⓘ
Robert L. Carter ⓘ
Spottswood W. Robinson III ⓘ
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
originatedAs petition for equal school bus transportation ⓘ
partOf Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
plaintiff African American parents in Clarendon County ⓘ
Harry Briggs Sr. ⓘ
precedentCited Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) ⓘ
surface form: Plessy v. Ferguson
relatedCase Bolling v. Sharpe ⓘ
Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County ⓘ
Gebhart v. Belton ⓘ
significance helped lead to the Supreme Court’s rejection of school segregation ⓘ
one of the first cases to challenge segregated public schools in the Deep South ⓘ
one of the five cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
state South Carolina ⓘ
subjectMatter Jim Crow laws ⓘ
public education ⓘ
racial discrimination ⓘ
typeOfSegregationChallenged de jure racial segregation in public schools ⓘ
yearFiled 1950 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Gebhart v. Belton
subject surface form: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Clarendon County school board → partyTo → Briggs v. Elliott ⓘ
Brown v. Board of Education → relatedCase → Briggs v. Elliott ⓘ
Brown v. Board of Education → relatedCase → Briggs v. Elliott ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gebhart v. Belton
this entity surface form: Gebhart v. Belton
Gebhart v. Belton → relatedCase → Briggs v. Elliott ⓘ