Photograph of Cleveland Sellers and sizable group of African American associates present at a forum in front of a black audience. Sellers sits in front of a microphone. A large poster of Malcolm X is posted on the wall behind Sellers as well as a poster featuring two black children which reads "Land is the Basis of All Power." May be related to the Black Power movement.
Photograph of Cleveland Sellers and associate Willie Ricks standing in a yard in front of a home. May have been taken in the 1970s upon Sellers' release from prison.
Set of two adjoined flyers possibly distributed by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to be presumably distributed to local or national student groups. The text advocates the use of civil disobedience as well as the use of self defense with use of "guns and strategy." The flyer also recommends pledging support for H. Rap Brown, Cleveland Sellers, and others.
Flyer created and distributed by African American students from the Atlanta University Center advertising a march to take place in support of the South Carolina State College student body. The students recommend sending assistance to the Orangeburg Student Defense Fund housed at Spelman College in Atlanta.
Western Union telegram from "fifty outraged citizens at Franconia NH" demanding the relase of Cleveland Sellers from prison and denouncing the acts of brutality perpetuated against students during the Orangeburg Massacre.
Western Union telegram denouncing Orangeburg Massacre as an act of genocide. The creators demand police and troops to be withdrawn from Orangeburg and that all charges against demonstrators be dropped.
Resolution from the Student Legislative Council of the University of California at Los Angeles condemning the attack of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) and the National Guard upon students in Orangeburg. The Council demands that the perpetrators of violence at Orangeburg be brought to court to "answer for their crimes."
Western Union telegram pledging support from student groups and employees in Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The groups write that they intend to stage demonstrations to increase awareness about the events in Orangeburg.
A press release from the national office of the W.E.B. DuBois Clubs of America describing the events of the Orangeburg Massacre and its misrepresentation in the media. This release was to be distributed to local chapters of the DuBois Clubs to educate its members on the events of the Orangeburg Massacre, to suggest ways for them to get involved in promoting awareness, and to advocate for mass mobilization against racial repression.
Western Union Telegram sent by members of the Kentucky Conference on the War and the Draft relating the shared struggle of the Freedom Movement and the Anti-war movement. The Kentucky Conference was planned to occur on February 11, 1968 and was expected to attract as many as 500 people.
A fact sheet released by Atlanta University relating the events of the Orangeburg Massacre and advocating dressing in black on February 15th, 1968 to commemorate the lives of the three men slain on the day of their funerals.
Photograph of Cleveland Sellers possibly wearing blue prison garb. Most likely taken in the early 1970s. Inscription on back reads: "To Sis Gwen & Sis Nozisy(?) With Love and Hope, Cleve. May 1973."
Poem written in the aftermath of the Orangeburg Massacre contrasting the event to the 1970 Kent State shootings. The author describes the number of casualties and the death of Henry Smith.
Fact sheet written in the early 1970s relating the events leading up to and including the Orangeburg Massacre and the actions of the state of South Carolina since the incident. Includes information compiled regarding "Brother" Cleveland Sellers' trial and indictment.
Photograph of Cleveland Sellers (second from left), Stokely Carmichael/Kwame Ture (fourth from left) and four African American men taken outside of a South Carolina Department of Corrections facility possibly following Sellers' release from prison in the early 1970s. Two men are gesturing with a raised fist, possibly related to the Black Power movement.
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