Joseph DeLaine
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Reverend Joseph Armstrong DeLaine (1898-1974) was a Methodist minister and civil rights leader from Clarendon County, South Carolina. He received a B.A. from Allen University
in 1931, working as a laborer and running a dry cleaning business to pay for his education. DeLaine worked with Modjeska Simkins and the South Carolina NAACP on the case Briggs v. Elliott
, which became one of the four cases argued under Brown v. Board of Education
.
Playwright Loften Mitchell wrote a play based on DeLaine's story titled Land Beyond the River (1963).
Allen University
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in 1931, working as a laborer and running a dry cleaning business to pay for his education. DeLaine worked with Modjeska Simkins and the South Carolina NAACP on the case Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs et al. v. Elliott et al., , commonly Briggs v. Elliott, was the first of the five cases combined into Brown v. Board of Education , the famous case in which the U.S. Supreme Court officially overturned racial segregation in U.S. public schools...
, which became one of the four cases argued under Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 , was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 which...
.
Playwright Loften Mitchell wrote a play based on DeLaine's story titled Land Beyond the River (1963).
External links
- Reverend Joseph A. DeLaine in South Carolina African American History Online
- Reverend Joseph A. DeLaine's Papers View entire collection of papers online, courtesy of the University of South Carolina's South Caroliniana Library and Digital Collections