"Past the boiling point": protests, politics, and the riot at Lamar High School : 2005 Dec. ; [typescript] / Santi Thompson.

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"Past the boiling point": protests, politics, and the riot at Lamar High School : 2005 Dec. ; [typescript] / Santi Thompson.

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Essay re the segregated school system of Darlington County, S.C., and the riot that occurred in Lamar in 1970. Topics discussed include the views of politicians S.C. politicians such as Albert Watson, James F. Byrnes, Strom Thurmond, and others, as well as integration plans for the state of South Carolina.

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