Manning in Clarendon County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Pearson Family Homesite/ Pearson V. Clarendon Co.

Pearson Family Homesite (Side 1) Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brandon D Cross, June 6, 2022

1. Pearson Family Homesite (Side 1) Marker

Inscription.
(Side 1) Pearson Family Homesite
This farm was home to the family of Levi Pearson (1894-1970), who with his brother, Hammett Pearson, joined other African American parents in Davis Station and Jordan protesting Clarendon Co. schools' refusal in the mid-1940s to transport their children to Scott’s Branch H.S. (7.7 mi. W) in Summerton. For several years, parents jointly bought, maintained, and drove their own bus without county support. (Continued on other side) (Side 2) Pearson V. Clarendon Co.
(Continued from other side)
On June 22, 1947, Rev. J.A. De Laine came here and recruited Levi Pearson to file an NAACP-backed lawsuit for equal transportation in the county's segregated schools. Though dismissed, Pearson v. Clarendon Co. led to one of the five cases decided in the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling, Brown v. Board of Education (1954). Despite local backlash, Pearson never moved from this lot, bought in 1933.

Erected 2020 by Summerton Community Action Group. (Marker Number 14-26.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Education. A significant historical date for this entry is June 22, 1947.

Location.

Paid Advertisement

Click on the ad for more information.
Please report objectionable advertising to the Editor.

Click or scan to see
this page online

33° 35.604′ N, 80° 14.703′ W. Marker is in Manning, South Carolina, in Clarendon County. Marker is on L and H Pearson Road, 0.1 miles south of Costello Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1853 L and H Pearson Road, Manning SC 29102, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Revolutionary Skirmish Near Wyboo Swamp (approx. 4.1 miles away); Wyboo Swamp: (approx. 4.1 miles away); Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church (approx. 4.1 miles away); Taw Caw Church (approx. 5.3 miles away); The Patriot and the Redcoat (approx. 6.1 miles away); Siege of Fort Watson (approx. 6.1 miles away); Wagon Travel (approx. 6.1 miles away); Summerton Presbyterian Church (approx. 6.2 miles away).

Also see . . . Clarendon County: The spark that ignited civil rights fight. Bowling Green Daily News website entry (2012) (Submitted on June 13, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)

<i> Pearson V. Clarendon Co. </i> Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brandon D Cross, June 6, 2022

2. Pearson V. Clarendon Co. Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 14, 2022. It was originally submitted on June 12, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 393 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 13, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.