Harry Briggs on Briggs v. Elliott--outtakes

Item Description
Title
Harry Briggs on Briggs v. Elliott--outtakes

News Story Number
WIS-TV Awareness Story 21

Sound or Silent
Sound

Contributing Institution
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital Collection
Local Television Newsfilm Collections


Collection Name
WIS-TV: Awareness


Date
1970

Decade
1970

Temporal Coverage
Filmed in the late 1970s or early 1980s.

Content Description
Mr. Harry Briggs is interviewed about his involvement in the Clarendon County school desegregation suit (Briggs v. Elliott). The suit was later incorporated into Brown v. Board of Education. Mr. Briggs says initial interest was in getting better schools, not integration. Speaks on life in Summerton and Manning in the early 1950s including the loss of his job. Says he had to leave in 1953 to find work. Speaks on his reaction to the 1954 "Brown v. Board of Education" decision (poor audio due to magnetic soundtrack stripe stripping). See also: AWAR 20, 22, 23, and 131.

Geographic Location
Clarendon County (S.C.)


Subject
Briggs, Harry, -1986.
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
Segregation.
School integration--South Carolina.
Education--United States.
Civil rights--United States.
Racism.


Keywords
Briggs v. Elliott.


Creator Name
WIS-TV (Production unit)


Rights
Copyright Moving Image Research Collections. All rights reserved. For further information please contact University of South Carolina, Moving Image Research Collections, Columbia, SC 29208.

Physical Format
Film: 16mm. Sound. Color. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Magnetic. Acetate.

Citation
Harry Briggs on Briggs v. Elliott--outtakes. (WIS-TV Awareness Story 21.) WIS-TV: Awareness. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

S.C. County
Clarendon County (S.C.)


Time Period
The Modern State (1970-present)


Type
Moving Image

Format
video/H264

Media Type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Run Time
10:31

Digitization Specifications
This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a captured videotape master of a film original.

Date Digital
2018-09-18

Language
English

Website
https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/local-television-newsfilm-collections/