Historical Marker
Laurens County Training School
Historical marker location:
340 West Mill Street, Gray Court, South Carolina
( Marker is on West Mill Street east of Pleasantview Drive, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 2001
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House on July 2, 1964. The bill was partly in response to the ongoing Civil Rights Movement, which had gained momentum in South Carolina and other southern states.