Standard 8-7.2

8-7.2 Analyze the movement for civil rights in South Carolina, including the impact of the landmark court cases Elmore v. Rice and Briggs v. Elliot; civil rights leaders Septima Poinsette Clark, Modjeska Monteith Simkins, and Matthew J. Perry; the Sout...

Grade(s): 8

Year: 2011

York County - McCrory's Civil Rights Sit-ins

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This building, built in 1901, was occupied by McCrory's Five & Dime from 1937 to 1997. On February 12, 1960, black students from Friendship Jr. College in Rock Hill were denied service at the McCrory...

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

Episode 4

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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.

Orangeburg Massacre, Part 3 | Project Discovery

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Part 3 of Project Discovery's look at the Orangeburg Massacre on its 40th anniversary.

Orangeburg Massacre, Part 1 | Project Discovery

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Part 1 of Project Discovery's look at the Orangeburg Massacre on its 40th anniversary. In 1968, civil rights demonstrations, to desegregate a bowling alley near S.C. State University, resulted in the...