Eliza Briggs | Road Trip

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Eliza and Harry Briggs, Sr. are listed as the first petitioners on the lawsuits from the 1940s and 1950s. Harry, a gas station attendant in Summerton, and his wife, Eliza, lost their jobs and were forced to leave Clarendon County. Their case, Briggs v Elliott was joined by four other cases from Delaware, Kansas, Washington, DC and Virginia to become the 1954 landmark case of Brown v Board of Education.

CREDIT: Interview by Esther Lemon, Cecil Williams, 1982

SERIES: Road Trip! > B. People > B. Mid-State Videos > Mid-State Events
Collection: Briggs v. Elliott | Clarendon | Women Civil Rights & Equal Rights Advocates
Grade: Elementary (3-5) | Middle School (6-8) | High School (9-12)
Subject(s): Social Studies > S.C. History > I. Late 20th & Early 21st Centuries > 2-The Civil Rights Movement