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(1951–1966). In 1951 the South Carolina General Assembly created the South Carolina School Committee at the request of state senator L. Marion Gressette of Calhoun County. Following the filing of the Briggs v. Elliot case, which challenged the “separate but equal” policy in South Carolina’s public schools, the General Assembly created the committee to prepare […]