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Do we consider Kent State the first school shooting? Sadly, not even close, (Original Post) niyad 11 hrs ago OP
University of Texas tower shooting; August 1, 1966 Ptah 11 hrs ago #1
Yes, of course. Thank you. Completely brain dead this morning. niyad 10 hrs ago #5
History of the klan attacking schools: cbabe 11 hrs ago #2
School shootings go back to the 18th century. BlueTsunami2018 11 hrs ago #3
South Carolina State College in Orangeburg (1968) mahatmakanejeeves 11 hrs ago #4
Yes, of course, and thank you for the reminder. niyad 10 hrs ago #6
Not a shooting, but the worst domestic bombing of civilians until the OKC bombing Wednesdays 9 hrs ago #7
Thank you for posting this. I had never heard about it before. niyad 9 hrs ago #8
No but I wish it had been the last. LoisB 9 hrs ago #9

cbabe

(6,754 posts)
2. History of the klan attacking schools:
Mon May 4, 2026, 10:49 AM
11 hrs ago

Facing South
https://www.facingsouth.org › 2022 › 10 › archives-segrest-klan-attack-schools
From the Archives: The Klan attack on schools - Facing South
In 1984, Mab Segrest reported on the Ku Klux Klan's activities in North Carolina public schools in the context of the wider conservative backlash against racial integration and that year's elections. We republish her Southern Exposure report amid another conservative political backlash against public schools, which the Klan is using for its own purposes.


Education Week
https://www.edweek.org › leadership › racist-bomb-threats-and-post-civil-war-school-burnings-a-scholar-connects-the-dots › 2022 › 03
Racist Bomb Threats and Post-Civil War School Burnings: A Scholar ...
Hundreds of Black schools built during Reconstruction were burned, but racist violence against schools is hardly a historical footnote.


Southern Poverty Law Center
https://www.splcenter.org › resources › reports › ku-klux-klan-history-racism
Ku Klux Klan: A History of Racism - Southern Poverty Law Center
This report on the history of the Ku Klux Klan, America's first terrorist organization, was prepared by the Klanwatch Project of the Southern Poverty Law

BlueTsunami2018

(5,044 posts)
3. School shootings go back to the 18th century.
Mon May 4, 2026, 10:50 AM
11 hrs ago

It’s a time honored tradition in this country.

mahatmakanejeeves

(70,486 posts)
4. South Carolina State College in Orangeburg (1968)
Mon May 4, 2026, 11:00 AM
11 hrs ago
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/orangeburg-massacre/

While most people know that students were killed at Kent State in 1970, very few know about the murder of students at Jackson State (1970) and even less about South Carolina State College in Orangeburg (1968).

On Feb. 8, 1968, 28 students were injured and three were killed — most shot in the back by the state police while involved in a peaceful protest in Orangeburg, South Carolina. One of the by-standers, Cleveland Sellers, was arrested for inciting a riot and sentenced to a year in prison. Later serving as president of Voorhees College, he was the only person to do time.

Wednesdays

(22,996 posts)
7. Not a shooting, but the worst domestic bombing of civilians until the OKC bombing
Mon May 4, 2026, 12:34 PM
9 hrs ago

Happened in Bath, Michigan in 1927.

A disgruntled former school administrator rigged a dynamite time bomb at the elementary school, and blew up the school while in session. After the detonation, he drove up to the site, confronted the school superintendent, and detonated another bomb in his truck, which killed himself, the superintendent, and three others. He had also murdered his wife the night before.

In all, 45 people were killed, including 38 children. The story was overshadowed by Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight just a few days later, and is mostly forgotten now.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster

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