The exhibit “Protests, Prayers, and Progress: Greenville’s Civil Rights Movement” opens to the public today at the Upcountry History Museum – Furman University. Set against the backdrop of the national Civil Rights movement, the exhibit focuses on the challenges and triumphs of Greenville area civil rights activists during the 1960s, as well as lesser known men, women, and children who struggled for equality in Greenville. Visitors to the exhibit can expect to see archival materials, artifacts, oral histories, and children’s activities, a recreation of a Jim Crow era lunch counter and even a segregated classroom with African-Americans and whites relegated to separate sides of the room.
For those interested in learning more about classroom desegregation during the Civil Rights era, the Library offers a full run of reports titled “School Desegregation in the Southern and Border States” from 1956 – 1968 as part of their digital collections. An excerpt from the October 1958 report related to South Carolina appears below:
View all School Desegregation Reports.
Learn more about the Upcountry History Museum – Furman exhibit: “Protests, Prayers, and Progress: Greenville’s Civil Rights Movement”