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May 4, 2022 · Four students each carry a candle to remember the four Kent State University students that were killed May 4th, 1970 when the National Guard opened fire on protestors. ... to remember the four ...
May 4, 2012 · The Middle of the Country: The Events of May 4th As Seen by Students & Faculty at Kent State University. A hastily compiled set of essays put together by a Kent State University sophomore containing various reactions to the shootings by Kent State students and faculty members. ADDITIONAL REFERENCES Best, James J. (1978).
A student stands at a marker in the Prentice Hall Parking Lot during the 1977 Annual Commemoration of the Kent State shootings. The markers indicate the locations of students slain on May 4, 1970. As a result of advocacy by the May 4th Task Force, permanent markers were installed and dedicated in September 1999.
An illustration. On May 4th 1970, while crossing the Kent State University campus to eat lunch, I witnessed twenty-eight National Guard soldiers fire approximately 67 rounds of M-1 ammunition into a crowd of unarmed students over a period of 13 seconds. The students were protesting the invasion of Cambodia and an escalation of the Vietnam War.
“May 4th Voices” is a play that brings together first-person narratives about the May 4, 1970, shootings at Kent State University. This video production of the play, which was written by David Hassler and directed by Katherine Burke, is based on the Kent State Shootings Oral History Project, which includes more than 115 interviews with National Guardsmen, students, townspeople and politicians.
May 4, 2017 · Today, May 4th, 2017, is the 47th anniversary of the infamous Kent State Massacre – where 4 students were shot to death and 9 wounded by National Guardsmen during anti-Vietnam war protests on the Ohio campus. Protests at Kent State were part of a wave of demonstrations that swept the country right after President Nixon’s invasion of Cambodia.
May 4, 2015 · In Response to Nixon's Invasion of Cambodia, American Campuses Exploded in Protest in May 1970 Today, May 4th, is the 45th anniversary of the infamous Kent State Massacre - where 4 students were shot to death by National Guardsmen during anti-Vietnam war protests on the Ohio campus. Protests at Kent State were part…
