Footnotes This was the first incident of its kind on a United States university campus . The Orangeburg killings received relatively little media coverage . The events predated the 1970 Kent State shootings and Jackson State killings , in which protesters against the Vietnam War were killed by the National Guard , and by the local and state highway patrol , respectively . The perceived overreaction by law enforcement helped galvanize public opinion against the war as well
Kent State shootings
Kent State shootings
Orangeburg massacre