THE MAY 4 MASSACRE ON THIS DAY IN 1970

On May 4, 1970, in Kent, Ohio, 28 National Guardsmen fired their weapons at a group of anti-war demonstrators on the Kent State University campus, killing four students, wounding eight, and permanently paralyzing another. The tragedy was a watershed
moment for a nation divided by the conflict in Vietnam, and
further galvanized the
anti-war movement
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Kent State shootings: Warning, flames greeted National Guard at campus      
      
 

Honoring Students Killed at Kent State in 1970 - The New York Times

Kent State: The End of the 1960s and the Beginning of Something Far Worse - The American Vision

    
      
      
    

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