On May 17, the SC Civil Rights Museum in Orangeburg hosted a program to explore Briggs v Elliott‘s role — and historical snub — in the landmark Brown v Board case.

USC’s Dr. Bobby Donaldson moderated the panel: Cecil Williams, noted photographer and force behind the museum, and civil rights activist Nathaniel Briggs, a descendant of Harry Briggs Sr.

After the program, attendees loaded a bus for a tour of the museum’s new building now under construction. It is ideally located next to two HBCUs, Claflin and SC State.