Simkins discusses the changing nature of the civil rights movement from the mid-1950s into the 1960s. In particular, Simkins again addresses the changing leadership of the NAACP and its role within the movement. Here, she argues that the NAACP never fully embraced the broader shift in the movement as Martin Luther King Jr. became a discernible leader. In addition, she specifically addresses the situation in South Carolina, where there seemed to be less violence surrounding the movement. Overall, her comments here are revealing of differences within the movement and its leadership and regional variations within the South.