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Modjeska Monteith Simkins

Modjeska Monteith Simkins

Modjeska Monteith Simkins poses for an unknown photographer in the 1950s. South Caroliniana Library.

(1899-1992) Modjeska Monteith Simkins was an African American civil rights activist who was the Secretary of the NAACP in South Carolina and helped write the court case for Briggs v. Elliott.

Resources
Knowitall - Modjeska Monteith Simkins
Documenting the American South - Interview with Modjeska Simkins
Knowitall - Modjeska Monteith Simkins Interview
Modjeska Monteith Simkins - A South Carolina Revolutionary
Discus Resources
Gale in Context: Biography
Credo Reference
History Reference Center

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