Episode 23: Call It Courage: The Chester Travelstead Story

Contributors

Chris Horn, University of South Carolina - Columbia
Toby Jenkins, University of South Carolina - Columbia

Description

In 1955, one year after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional, the School of Education dean at the University of South Carolina had the temerity to agree with that position. He paid a heavy price for speaking up.

Publication Date

3-9-2021

City

Columbia, SC

Keywords

University of South Carolina, Brown v. Board of Education, Chester Travelstead, desegregation

Disciplines

History

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