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Description: Modjeska Monteith Simkins (1899-1992) knew that voting was key to Black Americans gaining equal rights. During the 1940s, she and other SC NAACP leaders fought to open South Carolina’s primary election to Black voters and succeeded. Once they had the vote, this generation exercised the franchise in every election, knowing that change could only come from holding elected officials accountable.nIn the 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement was characterized by protests, sit-ins, and boycotts, designed
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