Talk:Jack Nelson (journalist)

article needs Orangeburg Massacre
Below is a quotation from the New York Times, published 10/21/2009:

Another exclusive came in February 1968, when three black students were shot to death and 27 others were wounded by state troopers at South Carolina State College, a Negro college in Orangeburg. The troopers claimed that the students had charged them, hurling bottles and bricks.

Mr. Nelson went to the local hospital, introduced himself as “Nelson, with the Atlanta bureau” — he did not say “F.B.I.” — and asked to see the victims’ medical records. What he revealed became known as the Orangeburg massacre.

“It was eye-popping; they were shot in the soles of their feet, in the back of the head,” Mr. Nelson said in the interview. “Even today, if you ask somebody about the Orangeburg massacre, hardly anybody has a clue. But if you ask about Kent State, where it was white people, everybody knows about it." 71.198.176.141 (talk) 22:24, 21 October 2009 (UTC)Rich (talk) 22:26, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

I looked up this New York Times article, and I've used it to add more information about Nelson's coverage of the Orangeburg Massacre. --Visuanthi (talk) 13:58, 4 November 2021 (UTC)