Levi Pearson Sr. was a farmer and a humble man of strong faith, integrity, and belief in fairness who initiated the fight to improve educational opportunities in Clarendon County in 1947 by asking Clarendon School District 26 to provide bus transportation for Black students in the county. In 1946, Levi Pearson, along with his brother Hammett and more than a dozen other families, chipped in to buy an old school bus for Davis Station students and met weekly to collect funds for gas, repairs, and the driver after numerous appeals to school officials were unsuccessful. Levi later filed suit in 1947, Levi Pearson vs. Clarendon School, seeking bus transportation for his children, Eloise, Daisy, and James, and for all children of Clarendon County. The consequences of this action were severe and he suffered many hardships, but he never left his home. He and his brother Hammett did not waver in their commitment to provide equal education for all county children. This case became the catalyst that led to Briggs vs Elliott, which was later combined with four others and culminated in the 1954 landmark case Brown vs Board of Education.