Modjeska Monteith Simkins: in her own words
A Columbia civil rights activist, Simkins served as the South Carolina State Secretary for the NAACP, 1941 to 1957. She also had leadership roles in the renovation of Good Samaritan-Waverly Hospital and the Richland County Citizens Committee.
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Date of Original
1921/1991
Subject
African Americans--Civil Rights--History--20th Century
African Americans--South Carolina--History
Richland County Citizens' Committee (Richland County, S.C.)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. South Carolina State Conference
Voting--South Carolina
Orangeburg Massacre, Orangeburg, S.C., 1968
South Carolina State University
All-America City Award
Booker T. Washington High School (Columbia, S.C.)
Good Samaritan Waverly Hospital (Columbia, S.C.)
Journal and guide (Norfolk, Va. : National ed.)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Racism--South Carolina--History--20th Century
South Carolina--Race relations--History--20th Century
University of South Carolina
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
People
Simkins, Modjeska Monteith, 1899-1992
Hollings, Ernest F., 1922-
Stowe, Lyman Beecher, 1880-1963
Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Brooke, Edward W. (Edward William), 1919-2015
Hatcher, Richard G., 1933-
Johnston, Olin D. (Olin Dewitt), 1896-1965
Newman, I. DeQuincey (Isaiah DeQuincey), 1911-1985
Location
United States, South Carolina, Richland County, 34.0218, -80.90304
Type
Text
Description
A Columbia civil rights activist, Simkins served as the South Carolina State Secretary for the NAACP, 1941 to 1957. She also had leadership roles in the renovation of Good Samaritan-Waverly Hospital and the Richland County Citizens Committee. Simkins was a founder, in 1921, of the Victory Savings Bank of Columbia. Now called South Carolina Community Bank, it survives as one of the oldest African American owned banks in the country. As a voice of African American leadership in the South, Simkins was routinely asked to use her influence in political campaigns. Although she helped many leaders win election, Simkins was unable to attain elected office herself. She ran unsuccessfully for Columbia City Council in 1966 and 1984 and the S.C. House of Representatives in 1966.
Language
eng
Contributing Institution
South Caroliniana Library
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