{"id":27677,"date":"2025-05-24T03:45:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T03:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/why-a-retired-79-year-old-shop-owner-earned-a-college-degree-to-honor-the-victims-of-the-1968-orangeburg-massacre\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T03:45:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T03:45:03","slug":"why-a-retired-79-year-old-shop-owner-earned-a-college-degree-to-honor-the-victims-of-the-1968-orangeburg-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/why-a-retired-79-year-old-shop-owner-earned-a-college-degree-to-honor-the-victims-of-the-1968-orangeburg-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"Why a retired 79-year-old shop owner earned a college degree to honor the victims of the 1968 Orangeburg Massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Orangeburg, South Carolina<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 New York native Linwood Riddick could have spent his golden years in Summerville, South Carolina, tickling the ivories or whatever else tickled his fancy.<\/p>\n<p>But instead, the 79-year-old retired shop owner has spent the last six years poring over textbooks and dragging himself to class at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, relentless in his pursuit of a college education.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just stepped on the accelerator and didn&#8217;t stop,&#8221; Riddick told CBS News. &#8220;\u2026I was determined to complete what I started.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To understand why it mattered so, we need to go back to 1968, when protests against segregation were erupting across the country.<\/p>\n<p>One of the deadliest protests occurred at South Carolina State University, where three unarmed Black students were shot and killed by police in what became known as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scsu.edu\/annual_programs\/orangeburg_massacre.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Orangeburg Massacre<\/a>. The three killed were Henry Smith, Samuel Hammond Jr. and Delano Middleton. Smith and Hammond were students at SCSU, and Middleton was a high school senior whose mother worked at the university.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More than two dozen protesters were also wounded.<\/p>\n<p>Nine South Carolina Highway patrolmen, all White, were indicted on federal charges in the shooting, but were all acquitted.<\/p>\n<p>Linwood Riddick had never heard of the Orangeburg Massacre until a few years ago when he stumbled on a campus memorial. He says he knew right then what he had to do.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I said, you know, I&#8217;m coming here\u2026because I want to put my contributions to their sacrifice,&#8217; Riddick said. &#8220;And when I get my degree, it&#8217;s going to be in their name.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In his mind, he was completing their mission,&#8221; SCSU President Alexander Conyers told CBS News of Riddick. &#8220;&#8230;He started here in 2019 with zero credits, you know, driving from Summerville every day, which is almost an hour to class and back home.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That patience and persistence earned him a bachelor&#8217;s degree in music industry. And earlier this month, he walked across the stage to a standing ovation.<\/p>\n<p>But the more important walk was yet to come, one done alone and without any pomp or circumstance to the Orangeburg Massacre memorial.<\/p>\n<p>With that, Riddick&#8217;s mission was complete. And although it started as a symbolic gesture, Conyers says it&#8217;ll have a very real impact.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Riddick has brought this back to the forefront for this university, for this community, for this state \u2014 to remind us of our solemn duty to never forget.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/steve-hartman\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Steve  Hartman<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Steve Hartman is a CBS News correspondent. 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