Tagged: modjeska-monteith-simkins

Local History Makers For more than two centuries, Black women in Columbia have been building institutions, challenging injustice, and reshaping public life. Today, their legacies are finally moving closer to […]

ties in health care, education, and economic opportunity, and later helped raise funds for Good Samaritan-Waverly Hospital, a first-rate facility for Black patients in Columbia. At the same time, she […]

Dr. Henrie Monteith Treadwell, the woman who led the legal battle to desegregate the University of South Carolina, will return to her hometown on Friday, October 24, 2025, to discuss […]

The Richland County Conservation Commission announces the launch of the ENRICH Tour, a self-guided, mobile audio tour celebrating the rich African American heritage embedded in the County’s cultural and physical […]

It’s been nearly 50 years since Brett Bursey met Modjeska Monteith Simkins at the Harden St. branch of Victory Savings Bank and opened an account for the Grass Roots Organizing […]