{"id":608,"date":"2008-04-07T11:40:41","date_gmt":"2008-04-07T16:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/07\/remembering-the-legendary-modjeska-simkins\/"},"modified":"2008-04-07T11:40:41","modified_gmt":"2008-04-07T16:40:41","slug":"remembering-the-legendary-modjeska-simkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/07\/remembering-the-legendary-modjeska-simkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering the legendary Modjeska Simkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/usasimkins.jpg' title='usasimkins.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/usasimkins.jpg' alt='usasimkins.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re in Columbia Tuesday night, join us for a special screening of ETV&#8217;s documentary about Modjeska Simkins, &#8220;Making a Way Out of No Way.&#8221; The 50-minute film celebrates this icon of South Carolina&#8217;s civil rights movement.<\/p>\n<p>The 7pm screening will be followed by a discussion with some of Modjeska&#8217;s comrades about her teachings and legacy. We will meet at Modjeska&#8217;s house (now a historical site) at 2025 Marion St. in downtown Columbia. Modjeska&#8217;s favorite libation, port, will be served, along with other beverages and popcorn. The event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Come out for an evening of remembrance and celebration of a life well lived. You will be inspired &#8211; maybe enough to get involved yourself in the fight for human rights.<\/p>\n<p>For information, call the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\">SC Progressive Network<\/a> at 803-808-3384.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re in Columbia Tuesday night, join us for a special screening of ETV&#8217;s documentary about Modjeska Simkins, &#8220;Making a Way Out of No Way.&#8221; The 50-minute film celebrates this icon of South Carolina&#8217;s civil rights movement. The 7pm screening &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/07\/remembering-the-legendary-modjeska-simkins\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-network-newsevents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}