Orangeburg Massacre

United States history [1968]

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In South Carolina: South Carolina since c. 1950
…tragic events, such as the Orangeburg Massacre (1968), in which three African American students died in a confrontation with state police on the South Carolina State College campus after attempting to integrate a bowling alley. Moderate governors, such as Ernest F. (“Fritz”) Hollings (1959–63), Donald S. Russell (1963–65), Robert E.…
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