Statewide discussions to highlight importance of South Carolina’s role in school desegregation struggle
In anticipation of the 70th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, and in recognition of the role of Briggs v. Elliott the historic South Carolina case, the Cecil Williams South Carolina Civil Rights Museum held the first of five statewide roundtable discussions in Summerton, SC on Thursday, February 1, 2024.
Hosted by the Summerton Community Action Committee and funded by SC Humanities, the event was held at the historic Scotts Branch High School in Summerton. James Felder, chairman of the museum’s board of directors moderated and the panel included Briggs descendant Nathaniel Briggs, Briggs v. Elliott Petition signer Beatrice Brown Rivers, Attorney/Author/Humanitarian Tom Mullikin, historian Larry Watson, Civil Rights activist Nelson B. Rivers III, and
photographer/museum founder Cecil Williams.
The Cecil Williams South Carolina Civil Rights Museum (the Palmetto state’s First and Only Civil Rights Museum) honors a generation of people, Black and White, throughout the Palmetto State, who deserve to be remembered for their unselfish commitments and sacrifices.
SC Humanities seeks to increase public understanding of and support for the humanities; telling the human story by awarding grants for highquality public programs, by generating special humanities initiatives, and by bringing humanities perspectives to bear on contemporary issues.
This event was free and open to the public. For more information contact Jannie Harriot at 843-639-2455 or director@sccivilrightsmuseum.org.
