by greenbook_admin | May 16, 2024
Built in 1936 for white students, Summerton High School is significant for its close association with the U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down segregation in public education. In 1947 Levi Pearson, a black landowner, petitioned the local school board to...
by greenbook_admin | May 16, 2024
The first public school for African Americans in Clarendon County, Pleasant Grove School was constructed in 1933. The small building included four classrooms and a kitchen, and a basketball court and baseball field were located behind the building. At the time of...
by greenbook_admin | May 15, 2024
In 1867 Thomas and Margaret Briggs gave four acres of land to this congregation. The present building was completed in 1905 and was later veneered in brick. Meetings held here in the 1940s and 1950s led to local court cases that helped bring about the U.S. Supreme...
by greenbook_admin | May 15, 2024
This church was founded about 1869 by Mary Scott “Aunt Mary” Harvin and held its first services in a nearby brush arbor. In 1881 church trustees purchased a one-half acre lot here for $35.00. The present building, constructed in 1901, was described as “enlarged and...
