RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA
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racial segregation
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racial harmony
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lynching and intimidation
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racial equality
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Detailed explanation-1: -Orangeburg massacre On February 8, 1968, in Orangeburg, three South Carolina State University students were killed and dozens wounded after 200 students protested racial segregation at a local bowling alley. The students were fired upon by highway patrolmen in an event that became known as the Orangeburg massacre.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the end of Reconstruction, with the withdrawal of federal troops from the state, Hampton was leader of the Redeemers who restored white rule.
Detailed explanation-3: -South Carolina maintained its fully segregated system until 1963. Eleven African American students attended Charleston’s white schools under a court order that year, but most school districts were still segregated. The federal government stopped this system by 1970.