“Their petitions were ignored, they filed a suit challenging segregation itself”(Briggs).One of the many court cases towards racial tensions in schools was the case, Briggs VS Elliott. This case involved R.W. Elliott and Harry Briggs. The court case took place in 1952. It was located in the Clarendon County school district of South Carolina. This court case was the first of the five Brown VS Board of Education cases. Because of the racial conflicts in schools, the Supreme Court compromised by taking the disagreement to court.
Before the Briggs VS Elliott case, there were racial tensions between whites and African Americans in South Carolina schools. In the Clarendon County school district, African American children did not have buses to get …show more content…
Clarendon County was the Briggs VS Elliott case. The beginning of the case was taken place in the early 1950’s(Brown Case). Harry Briggs’ children had to walk to school every day. He was one of the parents who brought up the issue to R. W. Elliott. In the beginning, they wanted only to get school buses for the African American schools. The more it went on they started to want to get rid of racial issues in general. They claimed that the racial tensions in schools violated the 14th amendment. They had argued that all schools should be equal no matter what race you are. When the court case was filed people were petitioning for it to go through. The court ruled against …show more content…
The African Americans lives are getting better. With help from the case, the value of schools for all races were equal and no race had to pay more than another. The minorities were supplied with more funding. The whites thought more of the African Americans. They treated them no differently than they would anyone else. “On May 17, 1954, segregation was officially outlawed in public schools”(Pearson). Clarendon County was the last county to desegregate their schools. Finally, as the years went on African Americans were starting to get treated more like normal people. Schools had blacks and whites in them. They did not have a specific place they had to be on the bus or have to go to any specific school. The schools they went to were not far away from their houses and if they were, there were school buses to take them there. They finally got the freedom they deserved. The Supreme Court compromised by taking the Briggs VS Elliott case to court because of the racial conflicts in schools. The Briggs VS Elliott case was pointing towards justice for African American children in the state of South Carolina. It was a lawsuit that was turned down numerous times, but it eventually went through. Schools in South Carolina advanced in making the schools equal and free of segregation. The Briggs VS Elliott case was the first step towards desegregation in schools
Before the Briggs VS Elliott case, there were racial tensions between whites and African Americans in South Carolina schools. In the Clarendon County school district, African American children did not have buses to get …show more content…
Clarendon County was the Briggs VS Elliott case. The beginning of the case was taken place in the early 1950’s(Brown Case). Harry Briggs’ children had to walk to school every day. He was one of the parents who brought up the issue to R. W. Elliott. In the beginning, they wanted only to get school buses for the African American schools. The more it went on they started to want to get rid of racial issues in general. They claimed that the racial tensions in schools violated the 14th amendment. They had argued that all schools should be equal no matter what race you are. When the court case was filed people were petitioning for it to go through. The court ruled against …show more content…
The African Americans lives are getting better. With help from the case, the value of schools for all races were equal and no race had to pay more than another. The minorities were supplied with more funding. The whites thought more of the African Americans. They treated them no differently than they would anyone else. “On May 17, 1954, segregation was officially outlawed in public schools”(Pearson). Clarendon County was the last county to desegregate their schools. Finally, as the years went on African Americans were starting to get treated more like normal people. Schools had blacks and whites in them. They did not have a specific place they had to be on the bus or have to go to any specific school. The schools they went to were not far away from their houses and if they were, there were school buses to take them there. They finally got the freedom they deserved. The Supreme Court compromised by taking the Briggs VS Elliott case to court because of the racial conflicts in schools. The Briggs VS Elliott case was pointing towards justice for African American children in the state of South Carolina. It was a lawsuit that was turned down numerous times, but it eventually went through. Schools in South Carolina advanced in making the schools equal and free of segregation. The Briggs VS Elliott case was the first step towards desegregation in schools