Audiocassette (Part 1)

The Orangeburg Massacre Oral History Project contains two series documenting an oral history project undertaken by the Avery Research Center and South Carolina State University in 2001.

Series 1. Oral History Interviews, 2001-2002: holds 18 oral history interviews conducted in 2001 and 2002 with students, professors, journalists, and organizers who were present during the 1968 police shootings of African American college students in Orangeburg, South Carolina as well as the Governor of South Carolina at the time of the Massacre. Interviewees discuss student organizing at South Carolina State College prior to the Massacre, the political climate of Orangeburg, the Massacre itself, the role of the press, the physical, mental, and emotional trauma from being shot by police, their lives after the Massacre, and what'd they like to see happen with regards to commemorating the Massacre and recognition from South Carolina.

The oral histories are arranged alphabetically by last name at the file level. More information about the content of each oral history can be found in the abstract at the file level of each interview. The interviews were conducted by Dr. William Hine, Frank Beacham, Dr. Jack Bass, Dr. Marvin Dulaney, Damon Frodham, Alada Shinault-Small, and Dr. Theodore Rosengarten.

Series 2. Audiovisual Materials and Computer Disks, 2001-2007: contains the documentary The Orangeburg Massacre: Survivors Tell Their Stories on DVD and VHS as well as trailer for the documentary on VHS. The documentary uses footage from the oral history interviews done for this project. The series also holds three floppy disks with the original transcripts.