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Orangeburg Massacre
1968 shooting of student protesters
| Orangeburg Massacre | |
|---|---|
Press photograph of state patrolmen converging close to two wounded protestors | |
| Location | Orangeburg, South Carolina, US |
| Date | February 8, 1968 approx. Cleveland sellers and the orangeburg massacre10:38 p.m. |
| Deaths | 3 |
| Injured | 28 |
| Victims | Samuel Hammond Jr. Delano Middleton Henry Smith See below for more details |
| Perpetrators | South Carolina Highway Patrol |
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. The shootings were the culmination of a series of protests against racial segregation at a local bowling alley, marking the first instance of police killing student protestors at an American university.
Two days before the shoot