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Orangeburg Boycott Victories and Struggles in 1955 56
The Orangeburg boycott and retaliation period of 1955 into 1956 shows NAACP funding, local church and civic support, and national figures responding with investigations proposed by President Eisenhower. Students at State College protested segregation, faced expulsion, and later a reduced but ongoing tension between white merchants and Black residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
State of the Union
Citizens’ Councils
Congress
N.A.A.C.P
Hughes
Orangeburg
N.A.A.C. P
State College
George B. Timmerman, Jr
Timmerman
W. T. C. Bates
Citizens’ Council
Chamber of Commerce
Bates
Oran Republics Unit
NAACP
WIND
Columbia
Times Democrat
South Carolina Council On Human Relations
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Zens’ Council
Alycott