PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Brown v. Board
Was a group of five legal appeals that challenged the "separate but equal" basis for racial segregation in public schools.
Briggs v. Elliot
U.S. Supreme Court officially overturned segregation in U.S. public schools.
State Development Board
Recruited businesses to move to SC because of low taxes and low wage workers.
Civil Rights Act
Banned the use of different voter registration standards for blacks and whites.
Orangeburg Massacre
The shooting of protestors by South Carolina Patrol Officers that we're demonstrating against racial segregation.
Dixiecrats
Southern Democrat who seceded from the party in 1948 to its policy of extending civil rights.