Clarendon County, South Carolina

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administrative division county

Clarendon County, South Carolina is a rural county in the central part of the state historically significant as the birthplace of Briggs v. Elliott, one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education that challenged racial segregation in public schools.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
local government of Clarendon County, South Carolina	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division ⓘ county ⓘ
associatedWithCourtCase	Briggs v. Elliott ⓘ Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
borderedBy	Berkeley County, South Carolina ⓘ Calhoun County, South Carolina ⓘ Florence County, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Orangeburg County, South Carolina ⓘ Sumter County, South Carolina ⓘ Williamsburg County, South Carolina ⓘ
congressionalDistrict	South Carolina's 6th congressional district ⓘ
contains	Alcolu, South Carolina ⓘ Lake Marion ⓘ Manning, South Carolina ⓘ Summerton, South Carolina ⓘ Turbeville, South Carolina ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
countySeat	Manning, South Carolina ⓘ
federalDistrict	United States District Court for the District of South Carolina ⓘ
hasAreaCharacteristic	predominantly rural ⓘ
hasDemographicCharacteristic	majority African American population (historically and in modern times) ⓘ
hasEconomyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ forestry ⓘ outdoor recreation ⓘ
hasEducationalHistory	site of unequal segregated school facilities challenged in Briggs v. Elliott ⓘ
hasGovernmentType	county council ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	birthplace of Briggs v. Elliott school desegregation case ⓘ
hasJudicialHistory	origin of one of the cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
hasTransportation	Interstate 95 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 301 ⓘ U.S. Route 521 NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra	Jim Crow era school segregation ⓘ
isRural	true ⓘ
knownFor	civil rights history ⓘ public school desegregation litigation ⓘ
largestCity	Manning, South Carolina ⓘ
locatedIn	South Carolina ⓘ
locatedInRegion	central South Carolina ⓘ
locatedInWatershed	Santee River ⓘ surface form: Santee River watershed
namedAfter	Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon ⓘ
partOf	Midlands of South Carolina ⓘ surface form: Midlands region of South Carolina
playsRoleIn	American civil rights movement ⓘ history of public education in the United States ⓘ
roleInHistory	site of early legal challenges to racial segregation in public schools ⓘ
seat	Manning, South Carolina ⓘ
state	South Carolina ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clarendon County school board → basedIn → Clarendon County, South Carolina ⓘ

Clarendon County school board → governmentBranch → Clarendon County, South Carolina ⓘ

this entity surface form: local government of Clarendon County, South Carolina

Clarendon County school board → locatedIn → Clarendon County, South Carolina ⓘ

Briggs v. Elliott → location → Clarendon County, South Carolina ⓘ

Clarendon County school board → operatesIn → Clarendon County, South Carolina ⓘ

Diocese of South Carolina → territoryIncludes → Clarendon County, South Carolina ⓘ