Rev. Joseph A. Delaine, Hammett Pearson, Levi Pearson, Harry Briggs, and Joseph Lemon were distinguished followers of justice and pioneers in the school desegregation case Briggs vs. Elliott. Historical plaintiffs including Harry Briggs, Anne Gibson, Mose Oliver, Bennie Parson, Edward Ragin, William Ragin, Lucretia Richardson, Lee Richardson, James H. Bennett, Mary Oliver, Willie M. Stukes, G. H. Henry, Robert Georgia, Rebecca Richburg, Gabriel Tindal, Susan Lawson, Frederick Oliver, Oretha Bennett, Hazel Ragin, and Henry Scott helped lead to the Supreme Court desegregation of all public schools in Briggs vs. Board of Education in 1954.