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The Modjeska Simkins School offers Sunday afternoon programs that explore current and historical topics. The sessions, which are optional for our students and open to the public, are held at 4pm on Zoom and at GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia SC.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday, March 9, 4\u20136pm<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Deeper Dive with Chris Judge,<\/a> T. Lilly Little Water<\/a>\u00a0and Jay Bender<\/a> on modern SC Native history. To join on Zoom, register HERE<\/a>. <\/b>To get the most out of the program, check out these items to read and watch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sunday, March 23, 4\u20136pm<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Deeper Dive with UVA professor\u00a0Dr. Justine\u00a0 <\/span>Hill-Edwards<\/a><\/b>, author of Origins of Capitalism in Colonial South Carolina<\/i><\/strong> and the recently released Savings and Trust: The rise and betrayal of the Freedman\u2019s Bank<\/i><\/strong>. Hill-Edwards\u2019 critically acclaimed work offers key context for understanding the economic plight of the formerly enslaved, racial capitalism, the racial wealth gap, and reparations. To join on Zoom, register HERE<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

Sunday, March 30, 4\u20136pm<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Deeper Dive with Fergus Bordewich<\/a><\/b>,\u00a0nationally acclaimed historian and author of\u00a0Klan War<\/b><\/i><\/a>, a 2023 publication detailing the 1871 use of the 14th Amendment\u2019s Insurrection Clause and the arrest of hundreds of white terrorists in South Carolina. Bordewich captures the Klan violence that threatened to overwhelm the entire state. It was so bad that legislators were afraid to leave the capital to return to their homes.\u00a0Mr. Bordewich will be in-person at GROW. To join on Zoom, register HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>1871 Klan Trial Proceedings in Columbia SC<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday, April 27, 4\u20136pm<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Deeper Dive with Armand Derfner<\/a><\/b>, nationally renowned civil rights attorney<\/p>\n

Mr. Derfner, a Charleston resident, will discuss the US Supreme Court\u2019s systemic betrayal of civil rights and the rulings favoring corporations\u2019 rights over individual liberties. Derfner co-authored the recently released book Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0with distinguished historian Dr. Vernon Burton<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sunday May 4, 4-6pm<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The Cost of the Vote<\/i><\/b><\/a>, <\/i><\/b>George Elmore and the Battle for the Ballot<\/i>\u00a0<\/strong>with author Carolyn Click<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday, June 8, 4\u20136pm<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Screening of Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre<\/a> with Cecil Williams, noted photographer and curator of the SC Civil Rights Museum<\/a> in Orangeburg<\/b><\/p>\n

The film tells the brutal story of state troopers in firing on a crowd of peaceful protesters in Orangeburg in 1968, leaving three students dead and 28 injured.\u00a0After viewing the hourlong documentary, we will open the room for discussion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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