- Collection:
- Modjeska Monteith Simkins Papers, 1909-1992
- Title:
- Modjeska Simkins Papers, General Papers, 1940-1949
- Creator:
- Simkins, Modjeska Monteith, 1899-1992
- Publisher:
- South Carolina Political Collections
- Date of Original:
- 1940/1949
- Subject:
- Southern Negro Youth
Sharecroppers
Congress
Southern Congress on Human Welfare
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - People:
- Johnston, Olin D. (Olin Dewitt), 1896-1965
Graham, Frank Porter, 1886-1972
Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953
Lindeman, Eduard - Medium:
- manuscripts (documents)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- In addition to several personal letters from Simkins to her step-children and in-laws, this folder contains materials related to her care for, and death of, an elderly friend named Earnest Garnes. Of special interest are an open letter in which she challenges Governor Olin Johnston to debate his racist views, letters from North Carolina Senator Frank Graham and educational pioneer Eduard Lindeman asking her to contribute to the Natoinal Sharecroppers Fund, and a letter from Ohio Senator Robert Taft thanking her voting for him at the 1948 Republican National Convention. During the 1940s, Simkins became State Secretary for the NAACP and became more active in voter registration drives and regional politics. Letters related to her involvement with the Southern Conference on Human Welfare and the Southern Negro Youth Congress also appear in this folder. There is also a letter from a committe that included Paul Robeson, Benjamin Mays, and W.E.B. DuBois inviting her to a meeting of black leaders in New York on November 8, 1947.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.tcl.sc.edu:80/cdm/ref/collection/mmsimkins/id/484
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- For more information contact South Carolina Political Collections, USC, Columbia, SC 29208.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections
- Rights:
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