Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4748 Primary Sponsor:Byrd Committee Number:30 Type of Legislation:CR Subject:Simkins, Modjeska M. Residing Body:House Current Committee:Ways and Means Computer Document Number:436/12404.DW Introduced Date:Apr 15, 1992 Last History Body:House Last History Date:Apr 15, 1992 Last History Type:Introduced, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Byrd J. Brown Altman McTeer Jennings Anderson Cromer Whipper Cobb-Hunter Kennedy Rogers Beatty Stoddard Harrison Quinn D. Williams Corning Harrelson Canty Scott Taylor Waites Shissias Smith Rhoad Inabinett Foster Bennett D. Martin Snow Glover Lanford Chamblee Wright McAbee Rudnick Harvin Riser Hodges Type of Legislation:Concurrent Resolution
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4748 House Apr 15, 1992 Introduced, referred to 30
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AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSIONING OF A PORTRAIT OF MODJESKA MONTEITH SIMKINS TO BE PLACED IN THE STATE HOUSE.
Whereas, Modjeska Monteith Simkins, a fearless outspoken champion of the oppressed, was an original organizer of the state chapter of the NAACP; and
Whereas, she was one of the architects of the Clarendon County desegregation case that became part of the United States Supreme Court's historic decision, Brown v. Board of Education in 1954; and
Whereas, her entire life was spent focusing on the liberation of people from the oppression of segregation, poverty, illiteracy, and disenfranchisement; and
Whereas, the granddaughter of a slave, she was born in Columbia, December 5, 1899, and was graduated from Benedict College in 1921; and
Whereas, it is with great sadness we turn a page in the history of our State in witnessing the passing of this great humanitarian who leaves a legacy of civil rights victories which will not be equaled in the near future. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the General Assembly authorizes the placing of a portrait of Modjeska Monteith Simkins, with an appropriate ceremony of the General Assembly, in the State House as a memorial and tribute to this great South Carolinian with the belief that her portrait will inspire the children of today and tomorrow to stand up and speak out for causes in which they believe.
Be it further resolved that the clerks of the House and Senate shall determine an appropriate location to hang and the artist to paint the portrait. The clerks shall consult with the South Carolina Museum and the South Carolina Arts Commission. The cost of obtaining the portrait may not exceed ten thousand dollars, to be paid from approved accounts of both houses.