The Second World War and Post-War Era Jon Hale College of Charleston
The Second World War and Post-War Era Jon Hale College of Charleston.
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The Second World War and Post-War EraJon HaleCollege of Charleston
Levittown, PABefore and After
William J. Levitt
“King of Suburbia”
Founder of Levittown, PA, 1947
$65 a month rent with an option to buy for $6,990
no down payment required from veterans.
Elmore v. Rice (1947)
The Democratic Party could no longer exclude African Americans from participating in the primary elections
Enforces Smith v. Allwright (1944)
Role of Judge Waties Waring
Briggs v. Elliot (1952)
A push for a quality educationSue district for a school bus in Clarendon County, SC
Originates with Rev. Joseph DeLaine
NAACP and the move toward desegregation
Thurgood Marshall argues the case in Charleston and demands desegregation
Judge R. Waties Waring
Federal judge in Charleston
Controversial figure
encourages overturning Plessy
Leaves Charleston in 1952
Briggs, Dissenting Opinion
“All of the legal guideposts, expert testimony, common sense and reason point unerringly to the conclusion that the system of segregation in education must go and go now. Segregation is per se inequality.”
– Judge Waties Waring
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