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History denied : recovering South Carolina's stolen past, Becci Robbins

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"This is a cautionary tale. It centers on the Southern Negro Youth Congress (SNYC), a militant, interracial youth movement that thrived against all odds between 1937 and 1949 in the Jim Crow South. Its rise and fall--and the collective amnesia that followed--offers a timely warning about how history is made and unmade, and how that shapes our shared narrative. While SNYC was based in Birmingham, AL, South Carolina activists played a key role in SNYC's unlikely success. Early on, Columbia activist Modjeska Monteith Simkins served on its board, and was instrumental in bringing SNYC's 7th annual conference to Columbia in October 1946.... It was an unprecedented gathering, yet one that has largely been forgotten. Only recently has scholarship on the radical human rights movement in the 1930s and '40s emerged, enriching our understanding of the people who drove it and the critical ground they laid for those who came later. SNYC is far from the only chapter of history to be whitewashed, distorted, or erased altogether. This booklet offers a few South Carolina examples: the first Memorial Day, celebrated in war-ruined Charleston after Confederates evacuated the city in 1865; the radically democratic experiment that was Reconstruction; the widespread practice of lynchings after Reconstruction's end; and the conspiracy of silence that followed the 1934 killings of seven striking textile workers in Honea Path.... This volume is not a comprehensive telling of South Carolina's forgotten resisters....This is simply a reminder that what we've been taught has largely been dominated by money, war, and the experiences of white men of privilege...."--Page [3]
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eng
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Extent
46 pages
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Title from cover
Contents
  • The rise, fall, and disappearance of the Southern Negro Youth Conference
  • Paul Robeson speech: "It is our great destiny to be the vanguard"
  • W.E.B. DuBois speech: "Behold the land"
  • Culture as a weapon
  • Clark Foreman speech: "Slavery has not disappeared from the South"
  • Lighthouse & Informer cover promoting Columbia conference
  • The blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard
  • Teach your children well: how textbooks shape our shared narrative
  • Composite graphic of South Carolina legislature during Reconstruction
  • Lynchings in South Carolina
  • The hanging of Darlington's Amy Spain
  • Modjeska Monteith Simkins and SNYC
  • Seeing "Red under every bed"
  • Bloody Thursday: 1934 killing of striking workers in Honea Path, SC
  • Toward a brighter dawn
  • Nobody's token: women in SNYC
  • Forgetting why we remember: the origins of Memorial Day
  • Resources
  • Pact of southern youth: drafted in Columbia by SNYC delegates in 1946
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https://www.scpronet.com/modjeskaschool/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/HistoryDeniedWeb.pdf
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History denied : recovering South Carolina's stolen past
Title
History denied
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recovering South Carolina's stolen past
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Becci Robbins
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Language
eng
Summary
"This is a cautionary tale. It centers on the Southern Negro Youth Congress (SNYC), a militant, interracial youth movement that thrived against all odds between 1937 and 1949 in the Jim Crow South. Its rise and fall--and the collective amnesia that followed--offers a timely warning about how history is made and unmade, and how that shapes our shared narrative. While SNYC was based in Birmingham, AL, South Carolina activists played a key role in SNYC's unlikely success. Early on, Columbia activist Modjeska Monteith Simkins served on its board, and was instrumental in bringing SNYC's 7th annual conference to Columbia in October 1946.... It was an unprecedented gathering, yet one that has largely been forgotten. Only recently has scholarship on the radical human rights movement in the 1930s and '40s emerged, enriching our understanding of the people who drove it and the critical ground they laid for those who came later. SNYC is far from the only chapter of history to be whitewashed, distorted, or erased altogether. This booklet offers a few South Carolina examples: the first Memorial Day, celebrated in war-ruined Charleston after Confederates evacuated the city in 1865; the radically democratic experiment that was Reconstruction; the widespread practice of lynchings after Reconstruction's end; and the conspiracy of silence that followed the 1934 killings of seven striking textile workers in Honea Path.... This volume is not a comprehensive telling of South Carolina's forgotten resisters....This is simply a reminder that what we've been taught has largely been dominated by money, war, and the experiences of white men of privilege...."--Page [3]
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Robbins, Becci
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
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no index present
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non fiction
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bibliography
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  • Southern Negro Youth Congress
  • African Americans
  • Civil rights movements
  • African American youth
  • Southern Youth Legislature
  • Simkins, Modjeska Monteith
Label
History denied : recovering South Carolina's stolen past, Becci Robbins
Link
https://www.scpronet.com/modjeskaschool/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/HistoryDeniedWeb.pdf
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Publication
Note
Title from cover
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The rise, fall, and disappearance of the Southern Negro Youth Conference -- Paul Robeson speech: "It is our great destiny to be the vanguard" -- W.E.B. DuBois speech: "Behold the land" -- Culture as a weapon -- Clark Foreman speech: "Slavery has not disappeared from the South" -- Lighthouse & Informer cover promoting Columbia conference -- The blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard -- Teach your children well: how textbooks shape our shared narrative -- Composite graphic of South Carolina legislature during Reconstruction -- Lynchings in South Carolina -- The hanging of Darlington's Amy Spain -- Modjeska Monteith Simkins and SNYC -- Seeing "Red under every bed" -- Bloody Thursday: 1934 killing of striking workers in Honea Path, SC -- Toward a brighter dawn -- Nobody's token: women in SNYC -- Forgetting why we remember: the origins of Memorial Day -- Resources -- Pact of southern youth: drafted in Columbia by SNYC delegates in 1946
Dimensions
28 cm
Extent
46 pages
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), color map, portraits (some color)
Label
History denied : recovering South Carolina's stolen past, Becci Robbins
Link
https://www.scpronet.com/modjeskaschool/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/HistoryDeniedWeb.pdf
Publication
Note
Title from cover
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The rise, fall, and disappearance of the Southern Negro Youth Conference -- Paul Robeson speech: "It is our great destiny to be the vanguard" -- W.E.B. DuBois speech: "Behold the land" -- Culture as a weapon -- Clark Foreman speech: "Slavery has not disappeared from the South" -- Lighthouse & Informer cover promoting Columbia conference -- The blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard -- Teach your children well: how textbooks shape our shared narrative -- Composite graphic of South Carolina legislature during Reconstruction -- Lynchings in South Carolina -- The hanging of Darlington's Amy Spain -- Modjeska Monteith Simkins and SNYC -- Seeing "Red under every bed" -- Bloody Thursday: 1934 killing of striking workers in Honea Path, SC -- Toward a brighter dawn -- Nobody's token: women in SNYC -- Forgetting why we remember: the origins of Memorial Day -- Resources -- Pact of southern youth: drafted in Columbia by SNYC delegates in 1946
Dimensions
28 cm
Extent
46 pages
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), color map, portraits (some color)

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