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