Woodruff Arts Center

March 1, 2008 - June 22, 2008

Courage: The Vision to End Segregation, the Guts to Fight for It

Half a century ago, a series of lawsuits that changed America were launched. These lawsuits led to the 1954 landmark Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education. The Brown decision ruled racially segregated schools were unconstitutional and set in motion a series of events that continue to shape our lives today.

Courage is an award-winning, groundbreaking exhibition that tells the story of Rev. J.A. De Laine and other brave citizens of Clarendon County, South Carolina.  Most of these citizens were outside the traditional power structure, without wealth and often had little classroom education.  Through photographs, oral histories and key artifacts, Courage explores the grassroots community activism that one community initiated to begin the process that ended legal segregation of all races in America’s schools.

Support: Courage: The Vision to End Segregation, the Guts to Fight for It was created by Levine Museum of the New South, Charlotte, North Carolina and made possible by a generous grant from Bank of America. Presenting Sponsors include Georgia Power, The Coca-Cola Company and John K. Ottley Family, with additional support from Georgia-Pacific and the Jack and Ann Glenn Charitable Foundation.

Admission:  $15 for adults, $12 for seniors 65+ and students 13 and up, $10 for youths 4 to 12.  Free for members and children under 3. 

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