The Center for Civil Rights History and Research at the University of South Carolina has created a traveling exhibit based on the archival exhibit “Justice for All: South Carolina and the American Civil Rights Movement” that was on display at the Hollings Special Collections Library from February – August 2019. The exhibit will open at the Sumter County Museum on January 15th, 2022. SC Humanities supported this project with a Major Grant.
The “Justice for All” traveling exhibit highlights some of South Carolina’s largely overlooked chapters in the national Civil Rights Movement, such as when Sarah Mae Fleming was ejected from a bus in downtown Columbia in 1954 for sitting in the whites’ only section and the Citizenship School opened by Esau Jenkins, Septima Clark, and Bernice Robinson on Johns Island in 1957. The exhibit shares about the roots of the movement, education, public demonstrations, public segregation, voting rights, economic rights, and the legacy of the movement.
“Justice for All: South Carolina and the American Civil Rights Movement” will be on display at the Sumter County Museum from January 15 – March 19, 2022. The Sumter County Museum, located at 122 North Washington Street in Sumter, is open Thursdays through Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. or by appointment. https://sumtercountymuseum.org/
