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Memorial Services Mark 10th Anniversary at SC State
Memorial services are held at the Smith Hammond Middleton Memorial Center on the South Carolina State College campus ten years after the Orangeburg unrest. State Rep John Matthews is to speak. Hammond 18 Smith 18 Middleton 17 were killed by police gunfire during the 1968 protest following a white bowling alley blockade.
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South Carolina State College
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South Carolina
Smith-Hammond-Middleton
John Matthews
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Samuel Hammond
Henry Smith
Delano Middleton
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South Carolina State
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