Modjeska Monteith Simkins Papers, 1909-1992
Activist Modjeska Simkins of Columbia, S.C. served as the South Carolina State Secretary for the NAACP, 1941-1957; as Campaign Director for the renovation of Good Samaritan-Waverly Hospital, 1944-1950; as Public Relations Director for the Richland County Citizens Committee, 1956-1988; and as President of the Southern Conference Educational Fund, 1972-1974.
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Date of Original
1909/1992
Subject
Civil rights--South Carolina
Good Samaritan Waverly Hospital (Columbia, S.C.)
Southern Conference Educational Fund
Richland County Citizens' Committee (Richland County, S.C.)
American Civil Liberties Union
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
People
Simkins, Modjeska Monteith, 1899-1992
Medium
texts
Type
StillImage, Text
Description
Activist Modjeska Simkins of Columbia, S.C. served as the South Carolina State Secretary for the NAACP, 1941-1957; as Campaign Director for the renovation of Good Samaritan-Waverly Hospital, 1944-1950; as Public Relations Director for the Richland County Citizens Committee, 1956-1988; and as President of the Southern Conference Educational Fund, 1972-1974. She also helped found, in 1921, the Victory Savings Bank of Columbia. As a voice of African-American leadership in the South, Simkins was a political force. Her papers are held by the University of South Carolina Libraries' South Carolina Political Collections, and consist of 6.25 linear feet of material.
Contributing Institution
South Caroliniana Library
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections
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