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Saluda Scene Set for Desegregation TV Movie
Filming starts in August on a 10 million ABC miniseries Separate But Equal to be shot in Columbia Charleston and Saluda. Sidney Poitier will play Thurgood Marshall in the drama about the Summerton school desegregation case that led to Brown v Board of Education. The production will feature 81 speaking parts with local talent sought for several roles. Locations include the State House in Columbia and the Charleston federal courthouse courtroom where the case was argued.
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Charleston
Columbia
Saluda
Sidney Poitier
Clarendon County School
George
Tional Association For the Advancement of Colored
Summerton
U.S. Supreme Court
Board of Education
South Carolina
Margulies
Poitier
Marshall
State House
Federal Courthouse