Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre 1968

DVD. Produced by Judy Richardson and Bestor Cram. 2009. 57 minutes.
A documentary film that brings to light one of the bloodiest tragedies of the Civil Rights era: the dramatic account of the three black students killed in 1968, at South Carolina State College in Orangeburg.

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While most teachers know that students were killed at Kent State in 1970, very few know about the murder of students at Jackson State and even less about South Carolina State College in Orangeburg. In Orangeburg, 2 years before the Kent State murders, 23 students were injured and 3 were killed – most shot in the back by the state police while involved in a peaceful protest. One of the by-standers, Cleveland Sellers, was arrested for inciting a riot and sentenced to a year of in prison. Now president of Voorhees College, he was the only person to do time. Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre 1968 is an excellent documentary which brings to light this untold story of the Civil Rights Movement including candid interviews with many of those involved in the event: students, journalists, officers on the scene, and the then-Governer. The film also provides students with a good understanding of the concept of Black Power in the context of the Civil Rights Movement.

Distributed by California Newsreel. 

Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre 1968 is a co-production of Northern Light Productions, the Independent Television Service (ITVS) and the National Black Programming Consortium, with funds provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Sally Jo Fifer Executive Producer for ITVS.

African American, Civil Rights Movements