Orangeburg Massacre: Remembrances & Reckoning, Part 2 - Cleveland Sellers - Episode 2

In this segment, the panelists discuss Cleveland Sellers’ role in the incident.  Sellers was the only “agitator” tried and convicted from what happened the night of the shooting.

Dr. Sellers also joins to give his recollections of life at South Carolina State College, and what happened that tragic night. 

Standards

• 8-7 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the impact on South Carolina of significant events of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
  • Changes that took place in the United States during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries revitalized the economy and challenged traditional society and politics in South Carolina. To understand the response of South Carolina to these ch...
    • 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...

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