What was the orange burg massacre?

Answer 1

What happened in the orange-burg massacre: basically in 1968 3 coloured boys went down to a white Bowling alley to see if they could play, but the man refused to serve them. So the 3 students returned back to their campus, on there way back they were followed back by some highway patrol officers (even though they hadn't done anything) and the 3 boys made a bonfire (a small one), which they were allowed to because it wasn't hurting anyone and it was their campus. But the bonfire got too big and the fire men had to be called to put it out by this time a lot of people had gathered round, not to protest but to see what was going on. After that more police men came and they came armed. The students on the campus didnt want to harm anybody, they just wanted to have a look. But because these students were coloured the police didnt care. The police were lined up, but didn't know what to do until one of the police men claimed that he heard gunfire coming from the students. So do you know what they did in pitch darkness! The men opened fire randomly on these students because someone claimed they heard gunfire, but know one else heard it. 27 students were injured and 3 were killed, one of the boys that was killed, was a 17 year old boy who was in high school waiting for his mum to come and pick him up. The policemen claimed that the students were running at the but all of the injuries in the students were in their back or shoulders indicating that they were running away or turning away! The people investigating were very biased and claimed that the students were trying to create a riot. The man who was blamed for this was Cleveland Sellers, the only reason he was even at the fire was because his friend woke him up to say there was a fire outside, Sellers got shot in the shoulder and in the hospital the police were going around to see who they thought started the riot and the accused Sellers without evidence or motive. They just accused him on the basis that he was at the bowling alley that night. Sellers had no say in this and was wrongfully imprisoned for 7 months, he was put in Mississippi jail which was the worst at the time because it was very racist, then the charges were changed and instead of being charged with starting a riot he got charged with being at the bowling alley. When he was let go there was no apology for what they had done. Sellers is now president of Vorhees College in South Carolina. This was very important in the Civil Rights Movement and yet people are trying to cover it up and act like it never happened.

By Rea