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The Orangeburg MassacreFebruary 8, 1968

• Tragedy

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Timeline of Events

• 1960 Sit-in protests at SC State College
• 1963 SC State student refuses to leave local
  restaurant demanding desegregation
• 1964 Passage of the Civil Rights Act
• 1968 All Star Bowling Lane continues to enforce
  segregation

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Timeline of Events contd.

• February 6 8, 1968 Black students from SC
  State and Claflin protest outside All Star
  Bowling

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Timeline of Events contd.

• February 8, 1968 Protesters beaten with police
  batons3 students killed and 27 wounded

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Trial of Police Officers

• All nine police officers accused of using
  excessive force were acquitted

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Works Cited

• http//www.knowitall.org/roadtrip
• http//www.nps.gov/history
• http//www.orangeburgmassacre1968.com