On Feb. 8, 1968, state police fired into a crowd of unarmed studentswho were protesting racial segregation at a bowling alley in Orangeburg, South Carolina. At least 27 were injured, and three people were killed.
' Governor McNair blamed “Black power advocates” for the “violence” of the massacre. '
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