Photograph, 1952 Mar. 30, (Lake City, S.C.), L.B. Rivers, Ella Ragin, Rebecca Seals, Henretta Nelson, Mrs. Edward Frazier, and Rebecca Brown

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Title	Photograph, 1952 Mar. 30, (Lake City, S.C.), L.B. Rivers, Ella Ragin, Rebecca Seals, Henretta Nelson, Mrs. Edward Frazier, and Rebecca Brown
Creator	Unknown
Date	1952-03-30
Source	Legal size - 13439 - (Folder 28)
Subject	De Laine, Joseph A. (Joseph Armstrong), 1898-1974 Rivers, L.B.--Pictorial works Ragin, Ella--Pictorial works Seals, Rebecca--Pictorial works Nelson, Henretta--Pictorial works Frazier, Mrs. Edward--Pictorial works Brown, Rebecca--Pictorial works Pictorial works African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States--History--20th century African Americans--Civil rights--South Carolina South Carolina--Social conditions--History--20th century National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--Trials, litigation, etc.
Description	Photo (Lake City, S.C.) of supportors of Clarendon County (S.C.) School Segregation Case [Briggs v. Elliott] taken at Saint James A.M.E. Church; On the opposite side is a group of the backers and sympathizers in the struggle to bring the Clarendon County School Segregation Case. This is a voluntary group who raised the $400.00 which Rev. J.W. Seals presented to Rev. J.A. De Laine to go to the 1952 General Conference after Rev. De Laine was defeated in the Palmetto Cnoference as a delegate. This group also raised about $300.00 previous to this to help on the legal expences of Rev. J.A. De Laine when the defendence in the Clarendon County Segregation Case had De Laine sued $20,000.00, through S.I. Benson's name, and five of them were the prosecuting witnesses who got the judgment against De Laine for allegedly slander. This picture was taken in St. James A.M.E. Church at Lake City, S.C., during a testimonial meeting given by the people from Clarendon County (in Florence County) honoring Rev. J.A. De Laine for the work that he had done in arousnig the people of Clarendon County to action. This picture was taken on March 30, 1952 which was the third anniversary of the movement to get 20 parents for plaintiffs to file suit for Equal Educational Opporunities and Facilities; the first meeting in this campain was held at Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church March 20, 1949. The names are as follows: Mr. L.B. Rivers, Chairman of the NAACP Executive Committee and became president of the Clarendon County Branch in 1953; 2. Mrs. Ella (Mud) Ragin; 3. Mrs. Rebecca Seals, a teacher who lost her job because she and Rev. Seals took a stand; 4. Mrs. Henretta Nelson; 5. Mrs. Edward Frazier, wife of Rev. Frazier; Mrs Rebecca Brown. In the rear is Rev. Brooks Nelson and Mrs. Henretta Palmer. All on this picture are members of the A.M.E. Church. written on reverse.
Pages	1 page
Digital Collections	Joseph A. De Laine Papers
Website	http://www.sc.edu/library/digital/collections/delaine.html
Contributing Institution	University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library
Rights	Digital image copyright 2008, The University of South Carolina. All rights reserved. For more information contact The South Caroliniana Library, USC, Columbia, SC 29208.
Language	English
Digital Specifications	300dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Epson Expression 10000 XL Scanner, Archival Master file is a TIFF, JPEG images digitally enhanced with Adobe Photoshop CS
Date Digital	2008
Type	Text
Format	image/jpeg
Media Type	Images
Identifier	sd1952c
Scanner Technician	Deborah Green
Metadata Cataloger	Brian Cuthrell
Metadata Assistants	Santi Thompson, Areli Keeney
SC County	Florence County (S.C.)
SC Region	Pee Dee

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