You've heard of Kent State (1970) & maybe Jackson State (1970).
Did you know #tdih 1968, 28 students were injured and three killed (one a HS student) — most shot in the back by state police while involved in a peaceful protest in Orangeburg, SC? 🧵
Read ⬇️
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/orangeburg-massacre/
Did you know #tdih 1968, 28 students were injured and three killed (one a HS student) — most shot in the back by state police while involved in a peaceful protest in Orangeburg, SC? 🧵
Read ⬇️
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/orangeburg-massacre/
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Listen to this Story Corps interview with Hammond Jr.’s sisters.⬇️ #TeachOutsideTextbook
https://www.npr.org/2010/04/30/126399280/a-brother-lost-to-the-civil-rights-struggle
He'd been minimally involved & was the only person to serve time for the massacre. (Later served as Voorhees College president.)
Read: https://snccdigital.org/people/cleveland-sellers/ at SNCC Digital Gateway
Great intro to Black Power movement. ⬇️
https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/scarred-justice-1968-orangeburg-massacre
Defend teachers right to teach this history.
And the right of students to critically examine textbooks.
To ask why they learn about Kent State but not Orangeburg, 2 years earlier.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/teachtruth-syllabus/