The Center for Creative Partnerships, a Conscience and Social Justice organization located in Orangeburg, is restoring the All-Star Triangle Bowling Alley. An incident that occurred at the bowling alley is historically known as the catalyst for the Orangeburg Massacre.
A local nonprofit is forging ahead with plans to revitalize All-Star Bowling Lanes, the backdrop of the protests that culminated in the Orangeburg Massacre, thanks to a $750,000 grant.
Police fired into a peaceful protest at South Carolina State, killing three. Now, 54 years later, the non-profit Center for Creative Partnerships is restoring the bowling alley whose refusal to desegregate sparked the protests.