40 years ago, the Orangeburg Massacre-1/2

1968, Forty Years Later: A Look Back at the Orangeburg Massacre When SC Police Opened Fire on Black Students Protesting Segregation
On February 8, 1968, a crowd of black students gathered on the campus of South Carolina State University to protest segregation at Orangeburg's only bowling alley. Dozens of police arrived on the scene, and the students lit a bonfire on a street in front of the campus. Tensions escalated, and police officers opened fire into the crowd. When the shooting stopped, three students were dead and twenty-seven wounded. We speak with the only person convicted of wrongdoing in what became known as the Orangeburg Massacre, Cleveland Sellers. [includes rush transcript]

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[earlsutton]

white police is never the black community friend any where in the good ole usa

[cjenn222]

orangeburg needs to just go ahead a dry up..its a no good town...i know i live in this shitty ass town...

[icepick00000]

thays crazy