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Modjeska Monteith Simkins | History of SC Slide Collection

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Modjeska Monteith Simkins | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 129
Modjeska Monteith Simkins (1899-1992) is one of the outstanding civil rights leaders in South Carolina. The oldest of eight children of a bricklayer, she sought education not only for herself, but for...
Matthew J. Perry, Jr. | History of SC Slide Collection

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Matthew J. Perry, Jr. | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 109
Matthew J. Perry (1924-2011 ), Jr., a native South Carolinian, became a noted civil rights attorney for the NAACP; his legal victory on behalf of Harvey Gantt's suit to be admitted to Clemson...
Benjamin E. Mays | History of SC Slide Collection

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Benjamin E. Mays | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 94
Benjamin E. Mays (1894-1984) was born in Greenwood County, the son of former slaves, and educated at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, and the University of Chicago, where he received his M.A. and Ph...
Septima Poinsett Clark | History of SC Slide Collection

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Septima Poinsett Clark | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 41
Septima Poinsett Clark (1898-1987) was a pioneering African-American teacher in the Lowcountry. A graduate of Avery Institute (see The Avery Institute In Charleston), Mrs. Clark taught at a two...
Penn Center: A Legacy: Social Injustice | Carolina Stories 2

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Penn Center: A Legacy: Social Injustice | Carolina Stories
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Penn School closed its doors in the late 1940s and redirected its efforts to address social injustice. 1964 was the height of the civil rights movement. Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. and his group were...
Lester Bates | History of SC Slide Collection

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Lester Bates | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 10
The growing pressures brought to bear against legal segregation by the federal court system, that culminated in the 1954 Supreme Court decision in "Brown v. The Board of Education" of Topeka, Kansas...