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Modjeska Simkins: Public Health Worker & Activist

During the 1930s, Modjeska Simkins was the only African-American public health worker for the State of South Carolina until she was asked to resign due to her increased involvement with the NAACP. As part of her 16-year tenure as State NAACP secretary, she pursued the education case of Briggs vs. Elliott, which became part of […]

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