What the records say
- When
- 8 Feb 1968
- Kind
- Shooting
- Killed
- 3
- Coordinates
- 33.50° N, 80.85° W
- Description
- incident on February 8, 1968
- Injured
- 27
Orangeburg Massacre
1968 shooting of student protesters
The Orangeburg Massacre was a shooting of student protesters on Thursday 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.
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