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The Orangeburg Massacre was a shooting of student protesters that took place on February 8, 1968, on the campus of South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. Nine highway patrolmen and one city police officer opened fire on a crowd of African American students, killing three and injuring twenty-eight.
All-Star Triangle Bowl (formerly All-Star Bowling Lane) is a former bowling alley located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. [2] [3] The 16 lanes in total are a historic fixture of the community. For its role in the civil rights movement, the All-Star Triangle Bowl was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
He was the only person convicted and jailed for events at the Orangeburg Massacre, a 1968 civil rights protest in which three students were killed by state troopers. Sellers' conviction and the acquittal of the other nine defendants was believed to be motivated by racism , and Sellers received a full pardon 25 years after the incident.
Big plans are being realized for a once-segregated bowling alley that stands dark and dusty 54 years after state troopers fired into a crowd of Black students in the killings now known as the ...
Others have South Carolina historical markers (HM). The citation on historical markers is given in the reference. The location listed is the nearest community to the site. More precise locations are given in the reference. These listings illustrate some of the history and contributions of African Americans in South Carolina.
In the wake of Wednesday's hate crime shooting at a historic black church in Charleston, SC, we reflect on the victims who lost their lives at the hands of 21-year old Dylann Roof. The victims had ...
South Carolina plans to execute Marion Bowman Jr. on Friday for the Feb. 16, 2001, shooting death of 21-year-old Kandee Martin, who was killed five days before her son's second birthday. Police ...
On February 8, 1968, in Orangeburg, three South Carolina State University students were killed and dozens wounded after 200 students protested racial segregation at a local bowling alley. The students were fired upon by highway patrolmen in an event that became known as the Orangeburg massacre. In response to the shooting, South Carolina State ...