At the forefront of a new era in American history, Briggs v.
De Laine, pastor and school principal, led hi.
In a move that would define him as an early champion for civil rights justice, Joseph A.
The genesis of Briggs was in 1947, when the black community of Clarendon County, South Carolina, took action against the abysmally poor educational services provided for their children.
Supreme Court in 1952.
Elliott was one of the five school-segregation lawsuits argued consecutively before the U.
S.
At the forefront of a new era in American history, Briggs v