How did the movement for civil rights in South Carolina influence the resistance to
school integration?
A: South Carolina, as a state, shut down its public school system as a way to avoid
integration and any further court cases.
B: Leaders in South Carolina took court decisions concerning segregation seriously as they began to integrate schools sooner than other southern states.
C: Separate schools were maintained in South Carolina and any changes to funding
for schools was resisted as a result of postwar economic decline.
D: Despite the Supreme Court's decisions, South Carolina's political leaders were determined to maintain segregated schools regardless of the costs.