Today in History: Orangeburg Massacre
Channel: Union of Southern Service Workers
Date: 2023-02-08

Today marks the 55th anniversary of the largely forgotten Orangeburg Massacre in South Carolina. State troopers shot into a mostly Black crowd on a historically Black college campus, ending the lives of three and wounding 28 after days of protests to desegregate a local institution. We remember the power of standing up to these systems of violence in the name of racial justice and keep that fight going today.

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Sources: “Remembering the Orangeburg Massacre” Dissent Mag, 2018
“This day in history” Zinn Education Project
“Orangeburg Massacre” History, 2022