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This has been low-key obsessing me. And thanks to the @ZinnEdProject I found... https://twitter.com/cvermar/status/1289736963356950528
"We will not make a pretense of being satisfied with the crumbs of citizenship while others enjoy the whole loaf only by right of a whiteskinned birth. — Rev. Matthew McCollough of Orangeburg, inside the terminal at the 1960 Greenville Airport Protest.
Caption: A.J. Whittenburg, fourth from left, and Willie T. Smith Jr., far right, were among those who marched Jan. 1, 1960 at the Greenville Airport Protest.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/greenville-airport-protest/
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/greenville-airport-protest/
Thank you, @ZinnEdProject!
TIL about the 1968 Orangeburg Massacre, where at least 28 students were injured and three — Samuel Hammond, Jr., Delano Middleton and Henry Smith — were killed. https://www.postandcourier.com/news/orangeburg-massacre-survivors-fight-for-remembrance-of-bloodiest-civil-rights-event-in-s-c-history/article_66cd9b1e-0604-11e8-a307-036240bdda75.html
Samuel Hammond, Jr., Delano Middleton and Henry Smith were killed by shotgun fire from state troopers on the night of Feb. 8, 1965, on the campus of S.C. State College.
I also discovered the Cecil Williams South Carolina Civil Rights Museum. You can pay $20 and get as many virtual tours as you want in 30 days. Definitely adding Orangeburg to my planned Civil Rights road trip.
https://www.cecilwilliams.com/
https://www.cecilwilliams.com/
Okay, it's actually Matthew D McCollom, as I found out consulting the Records of the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, 1954–1970, Part 2.
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, 1954–1970, Part 2.
1964 photo by Cecil Williams (founder of the Museum mentioned above!) from 1964 shows Kenneth Kaunda, left, president of Zambia, with the Rev. Matthew D. McCollom, a central figure in the Orangeburg civil rights movement.
This article from 2017 says "acclaimed photographer Cecil Williams has a new book, “Unforgettable: A Time of Life Hope Bravery,” featuring images from 1950 and beyond. I think I may ask for this for Christmas. This is outstanding photography. https://thetandd.com/features/out-of-the-past/orangeburg-out-of-the-past/image_65598ccd-0a3d-5421-a4ad-052f9896a6c5.html
Unfortunately, it appears to be out of print. Bit I will track one down.
And now I him in the famous 1960 NY Times @nytimes "Heed Their Rising Voices" ad (Committee to Defend Martin Luther King and the Struggle for Freedom in the South.)
Among the many famous names: Rev. Matthew D. McCollom
(Orangeburg, S.C.)
Text link: https://www.crmvet.org/docs/60nyt_ad.htm
Among the many famous names: Rev. Matthew D. McCollom
(Orangeburg, S.C.)
Text link: https://www.crmvet.org/docs/60nyt_ad.htm
I would like to find out more about the Rev Matthew D McCollom, seemingly forgotten Civil Rights leader. Thank you, Rev James Lawson, for mentioning him. Thank you, @democracynow and Amy Goodman for transcibing his speech (and if you see this, you can correct & remove the [sp?] )
I believe that at the far left we have Rev Matthew D McCollom, mentioned by Rev James Lawson in his eulogy for James Lewis. I won't swear to it because I am a bit face blind. https://twitter.com/cvermar/status/1289819067189141504
