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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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Clarendon County, South Carolina canonical 13
eastern Clarendon County 1
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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.

Briggs v. Elliott → location → Clarendon County, South Carolina ⓘ
Diocese of South Carolina → territoryIncludes → Clarendon County, South Carolina ⓘ
Clarendon County school board → locatedIn → Clarendon County, South Carolina ⓘ
Clarendon County school board → operatesIn → Clarendon County, South Carolina ⓘ
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
South Carolina's 5th congressional district → containsCounty → Clarendon County, South Carolina ⓘ
Berkeley County, South Carolina → borderedBy → Clarendon County, South Carolina ⓘ
Sumter County, South Carolina → borderedByCounty → Clarendon County, South Carolina ⓘ
Midlands of South Carolina → containsCounty → Clarendon County, South Carolina ⓘ
Calhoun County, South Carolina → borderedBy → Clarendon County, South Carolina ⓘ
Florence County, South Carolina → borderedBy → Clarendon County, South Carolina ⓘ
Lee County, South Carolina → borderedBy → Clarendon County, South Carolina ⓘ
Orangeburg County, South Carolina → bordersCounty → Clarendon County, South Carolina ⓘ
Turbeville, South Carolina → locatedInRegion → Clarendon County, South Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Clarendon County