- Collection:
- The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Title:
- Funeral for Modjeska Simkins
- Creator:
- Royal, Pam
The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.) - Date of Original:
- 1992-04-09
- Subject:
- Funeral rites and ceremonies
- People:
- Simkins, Modjeska Monteith, 1899-1992
- Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Richland County, 34.0218, -80.90304
United States, South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, 34.00071, -81.03481 - Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Description:
- Pallbearers from Second Calvary Baptist Church carry the casket of civil rights activist Modjeska Monteith Simkins from Antisdel Chapel on the campus of Benedict College. Simkins died on April 5, 1992 and was buried at Palmetto Cemetery in Columbia.
- Local Identifier:
- state_299_0001
- Metadata URL:
- https://localhistory.richlandlibrary.com/digital/collection/p16817coll21/id/455
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright The State Media Company. All rights reserved. For more information, contact the Walker Local and Family History Center at Richland Library, Columbia, S.C. 29201.
- Original Collection:
- Box 299, Simkins, Modjeska, The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Contributing Institution:
- Richland Library
- Rights: