Background
In February 1968, black students were prohibited from entering the All Star Bowling Lane, a privately held facility on US 301 (now SC 33) and the only bowling alley in town. It was owned by the late Harry K. Floyd, who admitted only whites. The students protested at the door but were turned away. In the next two days, about 200 mostly student protesters gathered on the campus of South Carolina State University, a historically black college in Orangeburg) to demonstrate against the continued segregation at the bowling alley.
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