Sumter NAACP | Road Trip

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Ida McCain's husband was Sumter educator James T. McCain. In 1921, sixteen year old McCain began his involvement in civil rights by registering voters in Sumter county. He was the founding president of the Sumter County branch of the NAACP. Committed to the principle of non-violence, he trained thousands of people in the practice of nonviolent protest.

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