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Oral history interview with Joseph Richburg, Sr. covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Joseph attended school in a rural area of South Carolina called Spring Hill. Joseph was married by the tie the Briggs case was decided. He later moved with his wife to Baltimore Maryland where she had found a job as a teacher. They moved back to South Carolina in 1967. An edited transcript is included as Additional Information.
Date: May 18, 1995
Item Number: 514647
Call Number: Brown v. Topeka Board of Education Oral History Collection, Coll. # 251
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 514647
Collections - Audio-visual
Collections - Manuscript - Brown v. Board Oral History
Collections - Oral History - Brown vs Topeka Board of Education
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Reform/Advocacy - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Date - 1990s - 1995
Education - Primary - Students
Education - Primary - Teachers
Education - Secondary - Students
Education - Segregation and desegregation - Brown v. Board
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Civil rights - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Audio recording
People - African Americans - Discrimination - Segregation
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961 - Civil Rights Movement
Type of Material - Audio - Oral histories
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