A seventeen year old African American boy works for packaging of cotton in a village in South Carolina. Packaged bales of cottons are loaded in a horse cart. All workers are African Americans as are the farm owners. View of a white man talking with two elderly African American residents at a farm. The old man and woman living in poor conditions.
Graphics showing the differences between schools of black and white people in South Carolina in USA. An amendment of U.S. Constitution stating right of equality and liberty. Differences in teachers' salary. A segregated school for black children is shown. Girl student sweeps the school compound. Students of a segregated school.
A teacher of a segregated African American school in South Carolina, rings the bell for the students to attend the classes. The amenities of the school added by labor of the children and teachers of the school itself. Poor conditions and poverty exemplified by dirty and unsafe outhouse. Views of nicer facilities in white schools. White students playing basketball.
Educational inequalities between children of white and African American communities. African American students and teachers standing outside a dilapidated house donated by the Mt. Arat Baptist Church. House is being refurbished as a school. Charts depict that the state government provides only the small salary to the teachers and nothing for facilities at the school for black students. Pupils of this school are seen gathering on the front porch of the school, which has limited basic infrastructure and inadequate facilities, including no toilets for the students. (As the students and teachers gather on the porch, the last man walking out behind them and crossing the porch is Thurgood Marshall, who was documenting these conditions on film during a trip together with Charles Hamilton Houston). Next scene shows a building close to this school that is not in use but has not been given to the black school. Views of nearby school for white students called Richberg School (or possibly Richburg School), 2 miles away, which enjoys good facilities. Buildings, water pump, and transportation buses of Richberg School are seen.
Educational dissimilarities between the people of African American and white origin, in South Carolina. Butler Chapel Shool building made entirely by its African American patron, condemned and closed due to lack of aid from the Government. Views of the broken down building. The pupils of this school packed tightly on two benches sitting outside under sun. Nearby Limestone School for whites enjoys all facilities. View of another, different African American school in disrepair.
Educational dissimilarities between African Americans and whites in South Carollina in USA. Diagram shows differences in policies of the schools for African Americans and whites. Parents send their wards for costly private tuition due to lack of schools. Students of the Moore's Pond School, run by an African American church sit without any desks. They have cracked doors and broken windows. Views of an unused spare school building of whites, to which they are denied use.