The Orangeburg Massacre
On February 8, 1968, after three nights of escalating
racial tension over efforts by S.C. State College
students and others to desegregate the All Star
Bowling Lanes, 3 students died and 27 others were
wounded on this campus. S.C. Highway Patrolmen
fired on a crowd here, killing Samuel Hammond Jr.,
Delano Middleton, and Henry Smith. This tradegy
was the first of its kind on any American college campus.
Marker is on Watson Street (State Road 38-226) just south of Gathers Street, on the left when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
