Disrupters & Interlopers: Modjeska Simkins

The Disrupters & Interlopers series highlights lesser-known individuals from Southern history whose actions, though unpopular or difficult, contributed to changing the old status quo. Though her name is not well known and rarely appears in larger Civil Rights history programs, the National Parks Service described Modjeska Monteith Simkins this way: Modjeska Simkins was the matriarch of the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina. She was also a leader in African-American public health and social reform. For her contributions to the struggle for civil rights, Simkins is an American Hero. Born… Read more Disrupters & Interlopers: Modjeska Simkins →