In this episode, “Separate is Not Equal,” historians and experts help us explore how some of the pivotal legislation — rooted in South Carolina — made a significant difference in the entire Civil Rights movement. To learn more about the stories and places you hear about, you can visit Columbia where the protest took place at the state capitol and where Sarah Mae Flemming boarded the bus. You can also visit a statue of Judge Julius Waties Waring in Charleston and historic markers at the homes and churches around Summerton where planning meetings were held for Briggs vs. Elliot.
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The episode features the voices and perspectives of:
- Jim Clyburn, U.S. Congressman
- Stephanie Cohen, park interpreter at Rose Hill Plantation
- Bobby Donaldson, director of the Center for Civil Rights History at the University of South Carolina
- Ramon Jackson, Newberry College history professor
- Ophelia DeLaine Gona, daughter of Joseph A. DeLaine
- Henrie Monteith Treadwell, niece of Modjeska Simkins
- Christopher Frear, researcher with the Center for Civil Rights History at the University of South Carolina
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