Harry Briggs on Briggs v. Elliott--outtakes

Description: 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 Civil Rights Films from Moving Image Research Collections Collection Name WIS-TV: Awareness Date 1970 Decade 1970 Coverage Temporal Filmed in the late 1970s or early 1980s. 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.) Subjects 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. SC 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/civil-rights-films-from-uscs-moving-image-research-collections/