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Oral History with Modjeska Simkins

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Modjeska Simkins is a civil rights activist from Columbia, S.C. In this interview conducted by Jhan Robbins, Simkins discusses her upbringing in Columbia during a period of racial segregation, her education at Benedict and her professional life and connections with Booker T. Washington High School, the State Tuberculosis Association and Victory Savings Bank. Simkins also discusses her work as Secretary of the South Carolina branch of the NAACP.
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Sound
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Oral Histories
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Robbins, Jhan
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Copyright © Richland Library. All rights reserved. For more information, contact the Walker Local and Family History Center at Richland Library, Columbia, S.C. 29201.
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Richland Library, Columbia, S.C

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South Carolina Digital Library

Keywords

  1. Benedict College
  2. Booker T. Washington High School (Columbia, S.C.)
  3. Civil Rights
  4. Civil Rights Workers
  5. National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People. South Carolina State Conference
  6. Segregation
  7. Simkins, Modjeska Monteith, 1899 1992
  8. South Carolina Tuberculosis Association

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