Subject Guides: Black History Resources: Civil Rights

Check out the SC State Library's collection of works on Civil Rights

Documents in the SC State Library

Stepping Stone to the Supreme Court: Clarendon County
Modjeska Monteith Simkins: a South Carolina revolutionary
Briggs v. Elliott brief and argument for defendants
Argument on behalf of appellees in Briggs v. Elliott

Resources on Civil Rights in South Carolina and the U.S.

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Center for Civil Rights History and Research
Cecil Williams Civil Rights Museum
Civil Rights History Project: Library of Congress

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Walking with the wind: a memoir of the movement

Eyes on the prize: America's civil rights years

March. Book one

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Guides & Resources

Black History Resources: Civil Rights

Check out the SC State Library's collection of works on Civil Rights

Toward the Meeting of the Waters: currents in the civil rights movement in South Carolina during the Twentieth Century

Dawn of desegregation: J.A. De Laine and Briggs v. Elliott

Ready from within: Septima Clark and the civil rights movement

Blood and Bone: truth and reconciliation in a southern town

Charleston syllabus: readings on race, racism, and racial violence

Not Free, Not for All