(12) Levi Pearson, with the assistance of Rev-
erend Joseph DeLaine, filed a lawsuit against the 
Clarendon County School District to protest the in-
equitable treatment of black children. 
(13) As a result of his lawsuit, Levi Pearson 
also suffered from acts of domestic terror, such as 
the time gun shots were fired into his home, as well 
as economic consequences: local banks refused to 
provide him with credit to purchase farming mate-
rials and area farmers refused to lend him equip-
ment. 
(14) Although his case was ultimately dismissed 
on a technicality, Levi Pearson’s courage to stand 
up for equalized treatment and funding for black 
students served as the catalyst for further attempts 
to desegregate South Carolina schools, as he contin-
ued to fight against segregation practices and be-
came President of Clarendon County Chapter of the 
NAACP. 
(15) When Levi Pearson’s litigation efforts to 
obtain equalized treatment and funding for black 
students were stymied, Harry and Eliza Briggs, a 
service station attendant and a maid, continued to 
fight for not only equalized treatment of all children 
but desegregated schools as well.
(16) As with Reverend DeLaine and Levi Pear-
son, the family of Harry and Eliza Briggs suffered 
consequences for their efforts: Harry and Eliza both 
were fired from their jobs and forced to move their 
family to Florida. 
(17) Although they and their family suffered 
tremendously, Harry and Eliza Briggs were also pio-
neers leading the effort to desegregate America’s 
public schools. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—In recognition of 
the contributions of Reverend Joseph A. DeLaine, Harry 
and Eliza Briggs, and Levi Pearson to the Nation as pio-
neers in the effort to desegregate public schools that led 
directly to the landmark desegregation case of Brown et 
al. v. the Board of Education of Topeka et al., the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives and the President Pro 
Tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrange-
ments for the presentation, on behalf of the Congress, of 
a gold medal of appropriate design, to Joseph De Laine, 
Jr., as next of kin of Reverend Joseph A. DeLaine, and 
to the next of kin or other personal representative of 
Harry and Eliza Briggs and of Levi Pearson. 
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purposes of the 
awards referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the
Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall strike 3 gold medals with suitable emblems, 
devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Sec-
retary. 
SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 
bronze of the gold medals struck pursuant to section 2, 
under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, 
and at a price sufficient to cover the costs thereof, includ-
ing labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead 
expenses, and the cost of the gold medals. 
SEC. 4. STATUS AS NATIONAL MEDALS. 
(a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck pursu-
ant to this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 
51 of title 31, United States Code. 
(b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section 
5134 of title 31, United States Code, all medals struck 
under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 
SEC. 5. FUNDING. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS.—There is 
authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 
Public Enterprise Fund such amounts as may be nec-
essary to pay for the cost of the medals authorized by this 
Act.
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the 
sale of duplicate bronze medals under section 3 shall be 
deposited in the United States Mint Public Enterprise 
Fund.
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