Bonniwell Graham, W. Lloyd Walker, and Johnny A. Jones were students at S.C. State College, and they share their experiences during the night of the shooting, along with some of the injuries sustained.
Afterwards, the panelists discuss writing the book, and getting the story straight, including possible theories about how that night started. Other survivors of that night, such as Alonzo Middleton, Dr. Emma McCain, and Ora Susan Smith Hughes, reflect on the three people who died. Congressman James E. Clyburn also offers his opinion on the incident.
Bonniwell Graham, W. Lloyd Walker, and Johnny A. Jones were students at S.C. State College, and they share their experiences during the night of the shooting, along with some of the injuries sustained.
Afterwards, the panelists discuss writing the book, and getting the story straight, including possible theories about how that night started. Other survivors of that night, such as Alonzo Middleton, Dr. Emma McCain, and Ora Susan Smith Hughes, reflect on the three people who died. Congressman James E. Clyburn also offers his opinion on the incident.
Standards
- 8-7 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the impact on South Carolina of significant events of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
Resources
Orangeburg Massacre Remembrances and Reckoning Learning Activity
This SCETV follow-up special commemorates the 50th anniversary of this tragic event, as survivors, participants and officials share their remembrances and struggle to provide some sense of reckoning...
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