Brenda Lee | |
|---|---|
| Member of the South CarolinaHouseofRepresentatives from the 31st district | |
| In office 1995–2005 | |
| Preceded by | Donald W. Beatty |
| Succeeded by | Harold Mitchell,Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Brenda Lee Spartanburg,South Carolina,U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
Brenda Lee is an American politician. She was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 31st District,serving from 1995 to 2005. She is a member of the Democratic party.
Lee grew up in Spartanburg,South Carolina,in a historically Black South side neighborhood, [1] graduating from Carver High School in 1966.
Lee was a page for Horry County South Carolina State Senator Jim Stevens in the 1990s,and later a campaign manager for Jim Clyburn's run for Congress. She was elected to the State Legislature in 1995,the first Black woman from Spartanburg County to serve. Lee was a legislator for a decade before leaving to take a position with state government. [2]
She served with numerous organizations,including the Urban League of the Upstate,the President's Advisory Committee of Wofford College,and the Spartanburg Development Council. [3]
In 2019,Lee invited Presidential candidate Kamala Harris to South Carolina,and endorsed her. [4]
In 2023,Lee received an honorary degree from Wofford College. [5]
Lee,along with co-authors Jim Neighbors,and Betsy Wakefield Teter,wrote the book North of Main:Spartanburg's Historic Black Neighborhoods of North Dean Street,Gas Bottom,and Back of the College, released in 2024. It includes cover remarks by historian Timothy Tyson. [6]
Lee is married to Caveril Pryce.