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Harold Boulware

NAACP Attorney

Attorneys

Briggs v. Elliott Plaintiffs

Parents, Students, and Activists of Clarendon County School District No. 22

Plaintiffs

Brunson v. Board of Trustees of Clarendon County Plaintiffs

Parents, Students, and Activists of Clarendon County School District No. 1

Plaintiffs

James Byrnes

Governor of South Carolina

Government Officials

Joseph A. De Laine

Pastor, teacher, civil rights activist

Plaintiffs

Portrait of an African American man with a serious expression

James Hinton

Businessman, minister, civil rights activist

Plaintiffs

Thurgood Marshall

NAACP Attorney, U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Attorneys

L.B. McCord

Superintendent of Clarendon County Public Schools

Defendants

Levi Pearson

Clarendon County parent, activist, plaintiff

Plaintiffs

S. Emory Rogers

Attorney for South Carolina Schools

Attorneys

J. Waties Waring

Federal District Judge

Government Officials

Briggs v. Elliott
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