Orangeburg Massacre (1968)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:murder
gptkbp:aftermath no officers convicted for deaths
gptkbp:commemoratedBy annual memorial events
gptkbp:date February 8, 1968
gptkbp:eventType shooting
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Orangeburg Massacre (1968)
gptkbp:injuries 28
gptkbp:location gptkb:Orangeburg,_South_Carolina
gptkb:South_Carolina_State_College
gptkbp:mediaCoverage limited national attention at the time
gptkbp:notableVictim gptkb:Henry_Smith
gptkb:Delano_Middleton
gptkb:Samuel_Hammond
gptkbp:perpetrator South Carolina Highway Patrol
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:significance one of the first deadly civil rights confrontations on a U.S. college campus
gptkbp:triggeredBy protest against segregation at All-Star Bowling Lane
gptkbp:victim 3
African American students
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:History_of_South_Carolina
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7