Levi Byrd
Plumber and NAACP leader
Levi G. Byrd (1891-1985), a plumber from Cheraw, South Carolina, began organizing a state conference of NAACP branches by inviting twenty-nine local NAACP branches to meet at Benedict College in Columbia on November 10, 1939. Together, they created a statewide conference. Byrd served as the state NAACP treasurer through the 1970s. He was a central leader in the national NAACP’s Civil Rights efforts in South Carolina and worked to strengthen the NAACP throughout the state by promoting statewide advocacy and Civil Rights efforts.
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