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Today in History: February 8, the Orangeburg Massacre

Also on this date, work began on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located on Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Los Angeles

Two black demonstrators killed in the Orangeburg Massacre lie on the ground at the edge of South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, S.C., Thursday night, Feb. 8, 1968. Following three days of protests, which began when blacks were barred from entering a bowling alley by the proprieter, state police and national guardsmen confronted demonstrators. Three students were killed and twenty-seven wounded. (AP Photo)
Two black demonstrators killed in the Orangeburg Massacre lie on the ground at the edge of South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, S.C., Thursday night, Feb. 8, 1968. Following three days of protests, which began when blacks were barred from entering a bowling alley by the proprieter, state police and national guardsmen confronted demonstrators. Three students were killed and twenty-seven wounded. (AP Photo)
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Three Black students were killed and 28 wounded as state troopers opened fire on student demonstrators on the campus of South Carolina State College in Orangeburg in the wake of protests over a whites-only bowling alley.

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