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Allen University, which was founded in 1881 by the African Methodist Episcopal Church, was named in honor of Richard Allen, founder of the denomination. Established four years after the University of...
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Benedict Institute was founded in 1870 by the American Baptist Home Mission Society to provide education for freedmen and their children. The school was named for Stephen Benedict, an abolitionist...
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The congregation of Bethel A.M.E. Church organized in 1866 and moved several times before constructing this church on Sumter Street in 1921. During the 1960s, Bethel A.M.E. served as a location for...
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During the days of Jim Crow segregation, the Theatre provided entertainment to African Americans, including movies, weekly talent shows, and special shows on Saturday mornings for children. Carver...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Part 4 of Project Discovery's look at the Orangeburg Massacre on its 40th anniversary.
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Part 2 of Project Discovery's look at the Orangeburg Massacre on its 40th anniversary.