Modjeska Simpkins
Outspoken and fearless, Modjeska Simpkins was one of the leaders of the NAACP in South Carolina from the 1930s to the 1970s. In the Briggs case, she helped draft the petition for integrated schools. As a member of the board of directors of the Victory Savings Bank, she helped arrange loans for some people of Summerton who lost their jobs for supporting the case.(Courtesy of Modjeska Simkins Collection, South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina)
