Delano Herman Middleton (1950 - 1968)

Born 8 Dec 1950 in South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 8 Feb 1968 at age 17 in Orangeburg, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Delano Middleton was one of the three young Black men shot and killed by police during the Orangeburg Massacre.^[1]

Delano Herman Middleton was born in 1950. He was the son of Rether Gadsden and Arthur Middleton Jr.^[2]

On February 8, 1968, he was fatally shot by police officers during the Orangeburg Massacre.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangeburg_massacre
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Death Registration: "South Carolina, U.S., Death Records, 1821-1970"
   South Carolina Department of Archives and History; Columbia, South Carolina; South Carolina Certificates of Death; Year Range: 1968; Death County or Certificate Range: 01617-03408
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8741 #1716925
   Delano Herman Middleton death 9 Feb 1968 (age 17) in South Carolina, USA.

See also:

• http://zinnedproject.org/materials/scarred-justice-the-orangeburg-massacre-1968/