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Posted Tuesday, May 11, 2021 8:35 am The Levi Pearson Scholarship Foundation (LPSF) will host its Annual Gala at the F. E. Dubois Center, Manning, SC on May 15, 2021 at 7:00 pm. This event raises awareness and funds to support, shape, and mold young adults of Clarendon and surrounding counties into sound citizens, people of good character, and high integrity by means of Empowerment, Mentorship, and Scholarship. In 1947 Levi Pearson along with his brother Hammett Pearson courageously filed a lawsuit Levi Pearson V. Clarendon County Board of Education, to secure a school bus for t...

Posted Thursday, February 25, 2021 6:10 am The Levi Pearson Scholarship Fund (LPSF) will be hosting a Black History Community Clean Up in Summerton, SC on Saturday February 27, 2021 at 10:00 am at the Briggs, Delaine, and Pearson 1-95 Interchange (500 Buff Blvd, Summerton, SC). The event represents an exemplary opportunity to highlight the pioneers of the 1952 Briggs v. Elliot landmark case. In 1947 Levi Pearson along with his brother Hammett Pearson courageously filed a lawsuit Levi Pearson V. Clarendon County Board of Education, to secure a school bus for their children and oth...

Posted by Jake McElveen (5/29/2020) Summerton residents received news last week that Saint Paul Elementary would be changing their name to honor Clarendon School District One’s former superintendent Dr. Rose Wilder.  According to some, this change came as an absolute shock.  “Why would we name a school in the Summerton area in honor of a regular employee when we […] have the great honor of being the home to education pioneers,” asked SBHS Graduate Joseph L. Dingle in a Letter to the Editor. “This decision insults those pioneers.” This ignited a spark that would lead to a petit...