Clarendon County school board

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The Clarendon County school board was the local South Carolina education authority that defended racially segregated public schools in the landmark desegregation case Briggs v. Elliott, one of the cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.

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Label Occurrences
Clarendon County school board canonical 1

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf local education authority
school board
appliesToJurisdiction Clarendon County, South Carolina public schools
associatedWithEvent landmark school desegregation litigation in the United States
basedIn Clarendon County, South Carolina
caseContributedTo Brown v. Board of Education
country United States of America
surface form: United States
governmentBranch Clarendon County, South Carolina
surface form: local government of Clarendon County, South Carolina
governs public schools in Clarendon County, South Carolina
hasJurisdictionOver public elementary schools in Clarendon County, South Carolina
public secondary schools in Clarendon County, South Carolina
historicalEra Jim Crow laws
surface form: Jim Crow era in the American South
legalIssue constitutionality of racially segregated public schools
legalPositionInCase defended racially segregated public schools
locatedIn Clarendon County, South Carolina
locatedInJurisdiction South Carolina
surface form: State of South Carolina
notableFor role in Briggs v. Elliott
operatesIn Clarendon County, South Carolina
opposed desegregation of public schools in Clarendon County at the time of Briggs v. Elliott
opposedBy African American parents in Clarendon County
plaintiffs in Briggs v. Elliott
partOf public education system of South Carolina
partyTo Briggs v. Elliott
policySupported racial segregation in public education
relevantCourt Supreme Court of the United States
United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina
sideInLawsuit defendant in Briggs v. Elliott
subjectOf historical studies of school desegregation in South Carolina
timePeriodOfNotableActivity early 1950s

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Subject: Clarendon County school board
Description of subject: The Clarendon County school board was the local South Carolina education authority that defended racially segregated public schools in the landmark desegregation case Briggs v. Elliott, one of the cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.

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Briggs v. Elliott defendant Clarendon County school board