His great-uncle on his mother's side, the Rev. Levern Stevenson, led boycotts in Jasper County. He ultimately sued Gov. John West in the West vs. Stevenson case that led to single-member districts and black representation for the first time in South Carolina." [1]
Preliminary Date Estimation: Mother born 1945, mother's father (grandfather) born 1915, mother's father's brother (great-uncle) born 1913.
Great-grandfather of Rev. Clementa Pinckney, b. 1973
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