The Orangeburg Massacre

On the night of February 8th, 1968, officers of the law opened fire on protesting students on the campus of South Carolina State College at Orangeburg. When the shooting stopped, three young men were dead and twenty-seven other students were seriously wounded. What had begun as an attempt by peaceful young people to use the facilities of a local bowling alley had become a violent confrontation between aroused students and the coercive power of the state. This tragedy was the first of its kind on any American college campus and became known as the Orangeburg Massacre.


Author: Jack Bass, Jack Nelson
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 02/14/2017
Pages: 268
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.14w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9780865545526