MORNING HEADLINES | S.C. State University commemorated the 58th anniversary of the Orangeburg Massacre on Sunday with a day-long series of events.
On Feb. 8, 1968, three students – Henry Smith, Samuel Hammond and Delano Middleton – died after police opened fire on about 200 students who were demonstrating for the integration of a local bowling alley. Another 28 students were wounded in the melee.
What happened that day in Orangeburg was one of the most violent episodes of the civil rights movement. Remembering what happened is important, attendees said.
“If you don’t know your past, you’re doomed to repeat it,” said one family member almost six decades after the shootings. “So it is definitely important that we keep this at the front of mind that we never forget, that we continue to say their names and the names of so many others that have been impacted by this.”
Sunday’s events included a keynote speech, an awards event and the opening of a new bowling alley.
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- Historian Jack Bass remembered the Orangeburg Massacre in this 2019 commentary
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