On this day in 1968, state troopers fired on demonstrators at the South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, killing three students.f
On this day in 1968 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today February 8, 2024 Feb. 8, 1968 The Orangeburg Massacre resulted in the killings of three South Carolina State College students, Henry Smith, Samuel Hammong and Delano Middleton Students Samuel Ephesians Hammond Jr., Henry Ezekial Smith and Delano Herman Middleton were shot and killed by state troopers who fired on demonstrators at the South Carolina State College campus in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
In contrast, a jury did convict activist Cleveland Sellers of a riot charge in connection with the bowling alley protests, and he was forced to serve seven months in prison. The violence became known as the Orangeburg Massacre, foreshadowing the shootings that followed at Kent State University and Jackson State University. The on-campus arena has since been renamed in honor of the slain students.
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