- Collection:
- The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Title:
- Roy Wilkins at South Carolina State College
- Creator:
- Taylor, Richard
The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.) - Date of Original:
- 1968-02-25
- Subject:
- Orangeburg Massacre, Orangeburg, S.C., 1968
South Carolina State College - People:
- Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Haynes, Roland Emerson, 1928-2017
Manning, Hubert V. (Hubert Vernon), 1918-1997
Butler, Oscar P.
Nance, M. Maceo (Milligan Maceo), 1925-2001
Newman, I. DeQuincy, 1911-1985
Holman, Alonzo William, 1934-2004 - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Orangeburg County, 33.43899, -80.8003
United States, South Carolina, Orangeburg County, Orangeburg, 33.49182, -80.85565 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Description:
- Roy Wilkins (center) of N.Y., executive director of the NAACP, in Orangeburg at S.C. State College. With Wilkins is, left to right, Roland Haynes of the state chapter of the NAACP, Dr. Hubert V. Manning, president of Claflin College, Oscar P. Butler, dean of students at S.C. State, a student, Wilkins, a student, Dr. Maceo Nance, president of S.C. State, I. DeQuincey Newman of the state chapter of the NAACP, and Al W. Holman of the state chapter of the NAACP. Wilkins visited the college to deliver a speech challenging South Carolina Governor Robert McNair to admit that the February 8 killing of 3 students in Orangeburg was a mistake.
- Local Identifier:
- state_267_0258
- Metadata URL:
- https://localhistory.richlandlibrary.com/digital/collection/p16817coll21/id/415
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright The State Media Company. All rights reserved. For more information, contact the Walker Local and Family History Center at Richland Library, Columbia, S.C. 29201.
- Original Collection:
- Box 267, Roy Wilkins, at State College, The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Contributing Institution:
- Richland Library
- Rights:
-
