The man whose name was used to filed the desegregation suit against Hillsborough County Board of Education died last week. He was 58 years old.

Andrew L. Manning was admitted to the hospital last Sunday, March 6, 2011, and died on Monday, March 7, 2011 of congestive heart failure, a caregiver stated.

Court documents state that with the assistance of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Attorneys Constance Baker Motley, Thurgood Marshall and others, the Manning family and the family of Shayron R. Reed filed suit in 1958 to take Hillsborough County to court. The 4 African American parents (Andrew and Willie Manning and Sanders and Sandra Reed) said they were not allowed to send their children to schools in their neighborhood.

In 1962, the federal court said Hillsborough County was operating an illegal segregated school. Desegregation was ordered in 1971 in the Middle District of Florida by Judge Ben Krentzman.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 19, 2 p. m. at Rest Haven Memorial Park Cemetery. Wilson Funeral Home is in charge of service.