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A mob of angry whites with axe handles and baseball bats stormed buses transporting Black children to a formerly all-white school in Lamar, South Carolina. Several children were injured. None were arrested, but state and federal officials later moved to apprehend the mob’s leaders.
1970 (Mar 3)
A mob of angry whites with axe handles and baseball bats stormed buses transporting Black children to a formerly all-white school in Lamar, South Carolina. About one hundred South Carolina state police officers dispersed them with riot clubs and tear gas after the crowd of approximately two hundred whites had rushed the buses and smashed the windows at Lamar High School. Thirty-nine Black students were aboard the buses. Several children were injured by flying glass and the effects of tear gas. None were arrested, but state and federal officials later moved to apprehend the mob's leaders.
References:
- • Hornsby, Alton. Chronology of African-American History: Significant Events and People from 1619 to the Present. Detroit: Gale Research, 1995.