- Collection:
- The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Title:
- Cleveland Sellers press conference
- Creator:
- The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.)
Roberts, Maxie - Date of Original:
- 1973-08-31
- Subject:
- Orangeburg Massacre, Orangeburg, S.C., 1968
- People:
- Sellers, Cleveland, 1944-
- Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Richland County, 34.0218, -80.90304
United States, South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, 34.00071, -81.03481 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Description:
- Jailed civil rights activist Cleveland Sellers hosts a press conference after his release from prison. Sellers was jailed for 7 months for rioting for his involvement in organizing protests at South Carolina State College in 1968. These protests turned violent when State Highway and National Guardsmen fired on students who had gathered on the campus of South Carolina State College. Sellers was the only person charged, despite the deaths of 3 students by officers. At the press conference he calls on Governor West to address the concealment of the truth about the incident.
- Local Identifier:
- state_054_0023
- Metadata URL:
- http://cdm16817.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16817coll21/id/6796
- 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 54, Cleveland Sellers news conference, 4E-5683, The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Contributing Institution:
- Richland Library
- Rights:
-
