Part 3 of the Commemoration of the Orangeburg Massacre on its 40th anniversary:
Dr. Sellers listens as the interview with Gov. Robert McNair, recorded in January 2007 at a Governor's Roundtable, plays, in which Gov. McNair reflects on those events. Dr. Sellers provides his insights, and a different view of those events that punished and vilified the victims, and says what a tragedy it is that the governor "never made any effort to reassess and go back and change what his first conclusions were about what happened."
Part 3 of the Commemoration of the Orangeburg Massacre on its 40th anniversary:
Dr. Sellers listens as the interview with Gov. Robert McNair, recorded in January 2007 at a Governor's Roundtable, plays, in which Gov. McNair reflects on those events. Dr. Sellers provides his insights, and a different view of those events that punished and vilified the victims, and says what a tragedy it is that the governor "never made any effort to reassess and go back and change what his first conclusions were about what happened."
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Would You Be Willing to March for Something You Believe In?
Students will explore information regarding the Orangeburg Massacre and research other Civil Rights Era movements as they focus on the Essential Question. See below.
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