Meet the Blind Who Lead
the Blind of South Carolina

William Parnell Diggs, Esq., President

William Parnell Diggs was born on March 22, 1969, into a family which refused to accept the limitations that society has traditionally placed on blindness. Parnell was the first generation of Braille-reading students to begin first grade in the public school system being educated in the same classes and by the same teachers as sighted students. Competing on terms of equality with his sighted peers, Parnell went on to graduate from Irmo High School in 1987 and graduated from college and law school at the University of South Carolina. In June of 1999, Parnell was honored by South Carolina Governor, Jim Hodges, when he was appointed to the Governing Board of the South Carolina Commission for the Blind, a state agency with the responsibility of providing rehabilitation services to the blind. Today, Parnell has a successful private law practice in Myrtle Beach, SC and is a proud husband and father. Parnell resides in Surfside Beach, SC. Parnell was elected President of the NFB of SC in August, 2000.

Donald C. Capps, President Emeritus