The Justice for All traveling exhibition was designed with groups and students in mind. Explore the resources on this page to help with classroom and community group understanding about the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina.
Justice for All: South Carolina and the American Civil Rights Movement opens Thursday, April 6, and remains on view until Friday, June 30, 2023.
The exhibition is open to USC Upstate students, staff, and faculty during all library hours.
The exhibition is open to the public on the following schedule:
* The library will be closed on Saturday, April 8, and Sunday, April 9, in observance of Easter.
** Additional summer hours will be announced.
Use our campus maps to locate the USC Upstate Library.
Before you arrive, get information about parking on campus.
For general information about the exhibition, viewing hours, location, and events, contact the USC Upstate Library at (864) 503-5620.
For media inquiries, contact Trevor Anderson in USC Upstate Marketing and Communications at (864) 503-7419.
For information about exhibition content, contact the USC Center for Civil Rights History and Research, by phone at (803) 777-2220 or via email at sccivilrights@sc.edu.
The USC Center for Civil Rights History and Research has created a field trip guide to enhance teacher, student, and group visits to Justice for All. Guides feature pre-, during, and post-visit lesson plans and handouts that align with 4th, 5th, 8th, 11th, and 12th grade 2020 SC Social Studies Standards.
You can download a copy of the guide and learn about other classroom resources on the Justice for All digital exhibit website.
The Justice for All traveling trunk program gives K-8 educators the chance to bring hands-on Civil Rights Era lesson kits into the classroom. Our K-5 trunk uses interactive lessons to teach students about the struggle for civil rights in South Carolina and how it shaped the national movement. Our 8th grade trunk encourages hands-on student-led inquiry into South Carolina’s civil rights history and its roots in Reconstruction Era politics.
All trunk materials were developed to be used in easy-to-follow, step-by-step lesson plans that align with state learning standards. Each trunk provides teachers with creative Civil Rights lesson plans, primary source artifacts, reproductions, and much more. Our two traveling trunks travel with the Justice for All traveling exhibition at this time.
To find out more about the exhibition and traveling trunks or to request a traveling trunk, please complete this form.
You can view oral testimonies of people engaged in the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina on the USC Center for Civil Rights History and Research's YouTube channel.
In the mid-20th century, various aspects of popular culture challenged negative portrayals of African Americans and created positive representations. African American leaders and events were celebrated in comic books and graphic novels.
You can view a sampling of these comic books online at the Justice for All digital exhibit.
Use the QR code or follow this link to share your thoughts about the Justice for All exhibitions and activities.
The traveling version of this exhibition is supported with funding from the Williams Companies as part of a $1.5 million gift, and by South Carolina Humanities and Central Carolina Community Foundation.