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Governor Robert McNair responded to student demonstrations to desegregate the All-Star Bowling Alley by sending additional law enforcement: National Guardsmen, State Law Enforcement Division (SLED)...Orangeburg Massacre
Approximately 150 protesters had demonstrated against racial segregation at the All-Star Bowling Alley on several occasions prior to the Orangeburg Massacre. On the evening of February 8, 1968, South Carolina State University (SCSU) students started a bonfire on the front of campus, which is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina. As police and firefighters attempted to put out the fire, officer David Shealy was injured by a thrown object. South Carolina Highway Patrol officers fired shots at the protestors.
Three of the protestors, African American males, were killed and twenty-eight other protesters were injured. The three men killed included two SCSU students Samuel Hammond (18), Henry Smith (18), and Delano Middleton (17), a student at the local Wilkinson High School.
At a press conference the following day, Governor Robert E. McNair said the event was "...one of the saddest days in the history of South Carolina."
Governor Robert McNair (1923-2007) | Road Trip
Samuel Hammond, Jr. (1949-1968) | Road Trip
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Samuel Hammond, Jr., a victim of Orangeburg Massacre was a 20 year old student attending South Carolina State College. Photo courtesy of Cecil Williams.
Orangeburg County - South Carolina State University
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South Carolina State University was founded in 1896 as the Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural, & Mechanical College of S.C., with its origins in the Morrill Land Grant Acts of 1862 and 1890...
Tragedy at Orangeburg: 25 Years Later, Part 4: Conclusion
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The conclusion to the program. Dean Livingston, the former editor of the Orangeburg Times & Democrat, discusses the difficulty that he and Kent Krell of the Associated Press had in putting the story...
Tragedy at Orangeburg: 25 Years Later, Part 3: Wednesday Feb. 7 & Thursday, Feb. 8, 1968
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A look at the events of Wednesday Feb. 7 and Thursday, Feb. 8, 1968 during the Tragedy at Orangeburg. On Wednesday morning, students sought to obtain a permit to march in protest. The City...
Tragedy at Orangeburg: 25 Years Later, Part 2: Monday Feb. 5, 1968
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A look at the timeline of the Orangeburg Massacre: Monday, February 5, 1968. Following a wave of campus protests over signs of racial inequity, students, frustrated by months of ineffective...
Tragedy at Orangeburg: 25 Years Later, Part 1: Intro
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Part 1 of Tragedy at Orangeburg: 25 Years Later, an introduction to the events in Orangeburg in 1968. (Documentary produced in 1993 by Beryl Dakers of South Carolina ETV.) Two reporters, Jack Bass and...
Orangeburg Massacre, Part 4 | Project Discovery
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Part 4 of Project Discovery's look at the Orangeburg Massacre on its 40th anniversary.
Orangeburg Massacre, Part 2 | Project Discovery
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Part 2 of Project Discovery's look at the Orangeburg Massacre on its 40th anniversary.
