Briggs, Harry, d. 1986
Biography:
Sued to end public school segregation in Clarendon County, South Carolina in Briggs v. Elliott. The case was one of the five that became part of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Eyes on the Prize Interviews (Washington University in St. Louis University Libraries)
- Rev. Joseph A. DeLaine Papers ca. 1918-2000 (University of South Carolina)
- Essay, ca. 1949 Dec. 4, Things that happened since Nov. 11, 1949, [Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr.] (Articles)
- Essay, n.d., (Charleston, S.C.), Third test lawsuit... (Essays)
- Essay, n.d., Clarendon County Schools Must Be Closed Next Term, Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr. (Reports)
- Essay, n.d., Prelude to Rev. Joseph A. DeLaine's Opposition, Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr. (Texts (document genres))
- Flyer, 1958 Mar. 9, (St. Albans, N.Y.), All Are Welcome..., St. Albans Community A.M.E. Church (Texts (document genres))
- Letter, 1950 Jan., (Summerton, S.C.), Joseph A. Delaine, Sr. and Parents' Committee [on Action], An Open Letter: A Summary of Incidents in the Summerton School Affair (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, 1961 Dec. 11, (Columbia, S.C.), John H. McCray, to Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., (Hollis, Long Island, N.Y.) (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, 1961 Dec. 11, (New York, N.Y.), Roy Wilkins, to Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., (Hollis, Long Island, N.Y.) (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, 1961 Nov. 28, (Hollis, Long Island, N.Y.), Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., to Roy Wilkins and Board of Directors of NAACP, (New York, N.Y.) (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, 1962 Feb. 5, (New York, N.Y.), Gloster B. Current, to Harry Briggs, Sr., (Bronx, N.Y.) (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, 1962 Jan. 11, (New York, N.Y.), Gloster B. Current, to Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., (Brooklyn, N.Y.) (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, 1962 Jan. 16, (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Briggs, Sr. (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, 1962 Jan. 29, (New York, N.Y.), Gloster B. Current, to Harry Briggs, Sr., (Bronx, New York) (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, 1971 Nov. 16, (Ridgefield, C.T.), Richard Kluger, to Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., (Charlotte, N.C.) (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, 1971 Nov. 22, (Charlotte, N.C.), Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., to Richard Kluger, (Ridgefield, C.T.) (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, 1971 Nov. 3, (Ridgefield, C.T.), Richard Kluger, to Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., (Charlotte, N.C.) (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, 1971 Nov. 8, (Charlotte, N.C.), Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., to Richard Kluger, [Ridgefield, C.T.] (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, 1973 Aug. 20, (Charlotte, N.C.), Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., to Louis DeLaine, (Florence, S.C.) (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, 1979 May 1, (Columbia, S.C.), Isaac W. Williams, to Mrs. [Mattie] DeLaine, (Charlotte, N.C.) (Letters (correspondence))
- Petition, 1949 Nov. 11, (Clarendon County, S.C.) Harry Briggs, et al., to the Board of Trustees for School District No. 22 (Clarendon County, S.C.) (Legal documents)
- Petition, 1949 Nov. 11, Harry Briggs, et al., to the Board of Trustees for School District No. 22, Clarendon County Board of Education (S.C.) (Legal documents)
- Petition, 1961 Nov. 26, (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Calvary A.M.E. Church Committee and Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., to NAACP (Texts (document genres))
- Photograph, [1950s], of James Brown's children, (Black-and-white photographs)
- Photograph, 1951 June 17, (Clarendon County, S.C.), E.E. Richburg, Modjeska Simkins, J.W. Seals, Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., Harry Briggs, John McCray, Flutie Boyd, James Hinton, and Eugene Montgomery (Black-and-white photographs)
- Photograph, [1951], (Summerton, S.C.), of Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr. and others (Black-and-white photographs)
- Photograph, [1951], (Summerton, S.C.), of meeting at Liberty Hill A.M.E. Church (Black-and-white photographs)
- Photograph, [1990s], (Summerton, S.C.), of Scott's Branch High School marker (Photographs)
- Photograph, 1999, (Summerton, S.C.), of W.C. Gipson, Nathaniel Briggs, and Joe DeLaine (Photographs)
- Photograph, c. 1975, of Plummie Parsons, Bennie Parsons, Mattie DeLaine (Photographs)
- Program, [1951 June 17], (Summerton, S.C.), A Testimonial Honoring Parent Plaintiffs and Their Children...;, S.C. Conference of NAACP (Programs)
- Program, 1973 Mar. 23, (Manning, S.C.), Funeral Services for the Late Rev. James W. Seals, Society Hill A.M.E. Church (Programs)
- Program, 1974 Aug. 6, (Charlotte, N.C.), Funeral Service for the Reverend Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church (Programs)
- Program, 1979 May 17, (Washington, D.C.), Brown v. Board of Education, White House, President Jimmy Carter (Programs)
- Program, 1986 Mar. 6, (Summerton, S.C.), In Loving Memory of the Late Mr. Harry Briggs, Sr., St. Mark A.M.E. Church (Programs)
- Program, 1990 Aug. 26, (Charleston, S.C.), An Evening with the Stars, S.C. Conference of Branches, NAACP, Stan Margulies, and George Stevens, Jr. (Programs)
- Sermon, 1955 Oct. 17, (New York, N.Y.), Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., to Bethel A.M.E. Church members, (New York, N.Y.) (Sermons)
- Speech, 1956 Mar. 28, (Schenectady, N.Y.), The Stupidity of Humanity in the United States, Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr. (Speeches)
- Speech, [1957], The Decision of May 17, 1954, Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr. (Speeches)
- Speech, 1974 May 17, Cronology [sic] of Events Leading to Inviting the NAACP into Clarendon County, Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., to 20th Anniversary Celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court's Decision Outlawing Segregation in Public Schools of America, (New York, N.Y.) (Speeches)
- Speech, n.d., A Brief History of Events Leading Up to Destress [sic], Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., to Grand Master Prince Riley, all Grand Officers, Local Officers, and Brethren (Speeches)
- Speech, n.d., Things Don't Just Happen; You Got to Make' em Happen, Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr. (Speeches)
- Telegram, 1979 May 10, (Middleton, V.A.), Louis Martin, to Mrs. [Mattie] DeLaine, (Charlotte, N.C.) (Telegrams)
- Telegram, 1984 Feb. 28, (New York, N.Y.), Jack Greenberg, to Mrs. Mattie DeLaine, (Charlotte, N.C.) (Telegrams)