. >> ophelia de laine gona, tell me about breaks versus elliott. >> rigs versus elliott was the first five law students that were arguing that public schools should be engaging. it started in south carolina. my father was the person who brought people together in the civil suit. they did not start out in desegregation, but rather they're asking for equal educational facility. at that time, the plot courts were very cooler. they were in shacks. must have been built by missionaries or independent people and they were claimed. they didn't support schools. the teachers salaries were very interesting in that it is a four tiered thing. white males, then waits e-mail from black males. and they were law students that correct that situation. but the black people on that day were called. we were still without transportation, so his role began set began with the site appears in versus the school district. that lawsuit was first drawn. >> posted position in the community at that time quite >> my father was a pastor and teacher and this is very difficult for people to understand that he didn't wor

. >> ophelia de laine gona, tell me about briggs versus elliott. >> briggs versus elliott was the first of five law students that were arguing that schools -- public schools should be desegregated. briggs versus elliott started in clarion county, south carolina. my father was a person that wrote the people together and encourage them to sue. they did not start out suing for desegregation, but rather for equal they were very poor and they were little more than shacks. most of them built by churches are independent people they were acclaimed by this date. the teachers salaries didn't support schools. the teachers salaries for a very and that is a four tiered pain. white males are in the lowest. then white females in black males and there were lots enforcement that corrected that situation. but the right people in those days we were called color people. we were still without transportation. so my father's role began with some people trying to get them to sue and they actually catalogued through the school district. at last it was withdrawn. >> what was his position in the trinity at that t