Adventures in Faith
Faith Cabin Libraries


Willie Lee Buffington
Willie Lee Buffington

Voluntary groups formed to provide Blacks with access to reading materials in response to the near total neglect by officials in county and state government. The Faith Cabin Libraries movement, for example, left a remarkable and far-reaching legacy thanks to the efforts of its founder, Willie Lee Buffington. Inspired by Euriah Simpkins (a Black school teacher in Saluda County), the White mill worker used the mail to solicit reading materials for local Black schools.
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Buffington dedicated the first Faith Cabin Library in 1932 in Saluda County. The movement continued to flourish and established 26 Faith Cabin libraries in South Carolina and 50 in Georgia.
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Dedication Day
1932 Dedication
Euriah Simpkins
Euriah Simpkins
Faith Cabin
Faith Cabin



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