[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 106 (Thursday, August 4, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: August 4, 1994]
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     SIXTH DISTRICT SCHOOL NOMINATED FOR NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTER

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                         HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, August 4, 1994

  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to proudly announce that the 
old Summerton High School, which is the last remaining of five 
Clarendon County schools named in the 1950 Briggs versus Elliot lawsuit 
demanding equal education opportunities for black students, was 
recently nominated to be placed on the National Register of Historic 
Places.
  Summerton High School was thrust into the national spotlight in 1952, 
when the Clarendon County case merged with four others across the 
Nation to become Brown versus Board of Education.
  In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that separate schools for black 
children and white children were unconstitutional.
  Summerton High School is not in use today, but stands as a monument 
to the courage Summerton residents played in striking down legal 
segregation in public schools in America.

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