by greenbook_admin | May 16, 2024
Originally formed as the Taw Caw School of Taw Caw Baptist Church, Scott’s Branch High School served African American students in Summerton. The first building was located beside St. Mark AME Church in front of a brook called Scott’s Branch and changed...
by greenbook_admin | May 16, 2024
Annie Gibson was one the people who signed the petition that became the Briggs v. Elliott lawsuit. Like many others, she lost her job as a maid at a local motel because of her involvement in civil rights activities. She was willing to risk her livelihood to fight for...
by greenbook_admin | May 16, 2024
Levi Pearson initiated the fight for equal education by petitioning Clarendon School District 26 to provide bus transportation for African American children in 1947. When the school district refused, he filed suit. Pearson filed the suit on the behalf of his...
by greenbook_admin | May 16, 2024
Harry and Eliza Briggs were the lead plaintiffs in Briggs v. Elliott. Their son, Harry Jr., attended Scott’s Branch School in Summerton. The case was consolidated with other school segregation challenges by the NAACP into the Brown v. Board of Education suit,...
by greenbook_admin | May 16, 2024
Stella White was a teacher in the Clarendon County Public Schools and was an active community member, being involved in the Order of the Eastern Star and the Trinity AME Church.
