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Commends Cecil J. Williams of Orangeburg County for founding the South Carolina Civil Rights Museum, which showcases his photographs documenting the Civil Rights Movement in the state

Recognizes Williams' photography career that began in his youth, with work appearing in Jet Magazine and national news outlets, chronicling South Carolina's civil rights history for two decades

Highlights his documentation of the Briggs v. Elliott lawsuit in Clarendon County, one of five cases consolidated into the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision

Notes his photographs of the March 15, 1960 Orangeburg student demonstration, the largest student-led peaceful demonstration nationwide at that time, which appeared on the front page of The New York Times

Congratulates Williams on the upcoming expansion of the museum to a larger space at Railroad Corner in downtown Orangeburg as part of a redevelopment project