On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard fired on Kent State students, killing four and wounding nine. A former student who now teaches there reflects on that day and offers lessons for protesters now.
Kent State shooting, the shooting of unarmed college students at Kent State University, in northeastern Ohio, by the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970, one of the seminal events of the anti-Vietnam War movement in the United States. Republican Richard Nixon won election as president of the United States in 1968 partly as a result of his pledge to end the Vietnam War. Lack of success in conducting the war which had become a quagmire for U.S. forces, with mounting casualties reported on the nightly TV news with the regularity of sports scores had forced Nixon’s predecessor, Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson,
Kent State shooting, the shooting of unarmed college students at Kent State University, in northeastern Ohio, by the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970, one of the seminal events of the anti-Vietnam War movement in the United States. Republican Richard Nixon won election as president of the United States in 1968 partly as a result of his pledge to end the Vietnam War. Lack of success in conducting the war which had become a quagmire for U.S. forces, with mounting casualties reported on the nightly TV news with the regularity of sports scores had forced Nixon’s predecessor, Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson,