2021 Levi Pearson Scholarship Foundation Gala - May 15

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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 their children and other children in the community who walked nine miles to school. The County provided 30 school buses but none for black children. The lawsuit was thrown out based on the rule school officials created to counteract the suit, where Levi Pearson paid his taxes. Under the leadership of Reverend Joseph Delaine and Thurgood Marshall, the Pearson brothers were given the task to obtain signatures of families in the Summerton district to refile the lawsuit; 20 courageous families did, resulting in Briggs v. Elliott (1952) not for the school bus alone, but for equal schools. First of the five lawsuits which led to Brown v. Board of Education (1954).

This year’s Gala will be hosted virtually by award-winning choir director, host of The Big DM 101.3 FM Sunday Morning Gospel show, restaurateur and Manning native, Jeffery Lampkin. There will be several special musical guests to include, Thelma Issac, Latonya McKenny, Marlon Pearson, and Travon Johnson. Join us for an evening of virtual elegance and grace and the recognition of our 2021 Scholarship Recipients.

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