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December 23, 2016. The Kent State shootings (also known as the Kent State massacre or May 4 massacre[3][4][5]) were the killing of four and wounding of nine unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on the Kent State University campus. The shootings took place on May 4, 1970, during a rally opposing the expanding involvement of the ...
The 54th anniversary of the tragedy at Kent State University where Ohio national guardsmen fired into a crowd of anti-war protestors killing four students was ... Ohio State protest wasn't peaceful.
The intensity of the current protests that have led to more than 2,000 arrests is similar to May 4, 1970, when four students were shot and killed by Ohio National Guardsmen on Kent State's campus ...
The Jackson State killings occurred on Friday, May 15, 1970, at Jackson State College (now Jackson State University) in Jackson, Mississippi. On May 14, 1970, city and state police confronted a group of students outside a campus dormitory. Shortly after midnight, the police opened fire, killing two students and injuring twelve. [1]
Kent State recalls protests more than 50 years ago in light of today's anti-war protests at many universities, particularly Columbia University.
Kent State/Cambodian Incursion Protest A week after the Kent State shootings, 100,000 demonstrators converged on Washington to protest the shootings and President Richard Nixon's incursion into Cambodia: 1970 – July 4 Honor America Day: A rally put together by supporters of President Nixon hosted by Bob Hope [12] 1970 – August 26
The Kent State massacre came to mind when Gov. Ron DeSantis announced this month that he wants to re-establish the Florida State Guard. Kent State shootings show how an armed response to protests ...
During the late 1960s and early 1970s the university was known internationally for its student activism in opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, due mainly to the Kent State shootings in 1970. As of 2022, Kent State was the third-largest university in Ohio with an enrollment of over 34,000 students in the eight-campus system and ...