H 4748 Concurrent Resolution, By A.W. Byrd, R.L. Altman, Anderson, D.W. Beatty, 
L.E. Bennett, J. Brown, Canty, C.D. Chamblee, Cobb-Hunter, R.S. Corning, 
J.L.M. Cromer, S.R. Foster, Glover, J.P. Harrelson, Harrison, Harvin, 
J.H. Hodges, Inabinett, Jennings, Kennedy, Lanford, D.E. Martin, J.G. McAbee, 
D.E. McTeer, Quinn, Rhoad, Riser, T.F. Rogers, I.K. Rudnick, Scott, 
J.S. Shissias, R. Smith, J.J. Snow, E.C. Stoddard, L.S. Taylor, C.Y. Waites, 
L.S. Whipper, D. Williams and D.A. Wright
 A Concurrent Resolution authorizing the commissioning of a portrait of
 Modjeska Monteith Simkins to be placed in the State House.

   04/15/92  House  Introduced HJ-17
   04/15/92  House  Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-18

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

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.