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This sparked the largest student strikes and student protests in history that swept across 3,000 campuses nationwide, punctuated ten days later by the shooting of African American students at Jackson State University.
5 mag 2020 · On May 4, 1970, the National Guard shot thirteen of them, killed four, and all were forever changed. This is the story of Kent State University students who stood up to question racism, violence against protesters, and the long American involvement in the Vietnam War.
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4 mag 2021 · A Tribute and Memoriam. To one of the longest and most hard-fought post 1960 student protests for truth, civil rights, memory and justice in America 7 years after the May 4, 1970 Shootings at Kent State. Many know the story of the shootings at Kent State.
This is a story that resonates as much today as it did in the 1960s and 1970s. On May 4, 2010 Congressman John Lewis came to Kent State to present the keynote speech for the 40th anniversary Commemoration of the shootings at Kent State.
On May 4th, 1970, thirteen of these young Americans were shot down by the National Guard in a shocking act of violence against unarmed students. Four, Jeffery Miller, Sandy Scheuer, Bill Shroeder and Allison Krause, were killed.
The Kent State shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre and the Kent State massacre, were the killings of four and wounding of nine other unarmed Kent State University students by the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970 in Kent, Ohio, 40 miles south of Cleveland.
Through the weekend of May 1 through May 4 and the entire month of May, it will be shown on public broadcasting stations around the country. CLEVELAND: Don’t miss the premiere of Fire in the Heartland: Kent State, May 4 & Student Protest in America on WVIZ, May 1 (10:00 p.m.).
