Lawrence Chesterfield Bryant (February 16, 1916 – June 8, 2010) was a professor, principal, pastor, and author.
He wrote two books on South Carolina's 19th and early 20th century African American legislators.
He studied at Howard University from 1947 until 1950, receiving a Bachelor of Divinity degree.
[4] In 2005 he was presented the Silver Crescent Award by state representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter on behalf of South Carolina governor Mark Sanford.
Sanford's letter accompanying the award praised Bryant's work as an educator, his genealogical research that helped "many people throughout South Carolina trace their family roots and history", and his "historical reports about South Carolina, her leaders and her history.