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DAMANgoldberg

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6. I only know about it because of proximity...

Sat Apr 27, 2019, 03:18 AM

Apr 2019

Orangeburg is 135 miles South of Charlotte, and I have been to Orangeburg numerous times in a truck and a private vehicle as it's on the way to Charleston, Hilton Head, Savannah, and points south.

Cleveland Sellers son, Bakari, is currently with CNN and lives in Columbia with his family. He does live shots and hits regularly from here (Spectrum News studio primarily on Morehead). Mr. Sellers has thrown his support for Kamala Harris.

I wanted to know as much as I could about black history within reasonable driving distance of Charlotte on both sides of the Carolinas, so I found myself taking to 1st and 2nd hand accounts of major events so I could learn.

Helps that DU as a community really pays attention to things that need to be said and printed that are not in the mainstream for all the colors of the palette called life.

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Orangeburg Massacre [View all] marble falls Apr 2019 OP

Never heard of it! Maybe American history needs to be a two year course. So much to it! Karadeniz Apr 2019 #1

Thanks for this post and bringing to light these American Heros. nt UniteFightBack Apr 2019 #2

K & R. These are major not obscure actions, people need to know appalachiablue Apr 2019 #3

What a shame someone could bury it so deep most of us never knew. This was a real atrocity. n/t Judi Lynn Apr 2019 #4

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Apr 2019 #5

I only know about it because of proximity... DAMANgoldberg Apr 2019 #6