Kent state kent campus facebook kent state kent campus twitter. The kent state shootings occurred on tuesday, may 4, 1970 at kent state university in kent, ohio. Kent state shootings on may 4 th 1970, students of kent state university in ohio were fired upon by the united states national guard as the national guard fired their weapons upon the college students, 67 rounds in a period of seconds were fired at students what happened. For tips on using this digital collection, please view our kent state shootings digital archive video tutorial. Project muse the kent state shootings, the long 1960s, and. Throughout the 1960s united states involvement in the war had grown with an escalating death toll of american servicemen and a growing opposition among the american people. The kent state shooting took place in 1970 when ohio national guard troops opened fire on vietnam war protesters at kent state university, killing four. It is a day remembered by many names, the kent state shootings, may 4 or the kent state massacre. This investigation will therefore focus on the shootings of the four students at kent state and answer the questions how did newspaper reports on the kent shootings vary and how reliable were they. The kent state shootings also known as the may 4 massacre or the kent state massacre, were the shootings on may 4, 1970, of unarmed college students by the ohio national guard at kent state university in kent, ohio, during a mass protest against the bombing in neutral cambodia by united states military forces. Hensley introduction on may 4, l970 members of the ohio national guard fired into a crowd of kent state. An oral history of the kent state shootings the kent state university press 2019 howard ruffner moments of truth. Kent state university has a history of recognizing the historical importance of the may 4 site in its planning processes and is committed to maintaining the integrity and feel of the site.
Kent state 1970 howard ruffner foreword by thomas m. Kent state shooting, the shooting of unarmed college students on may 4, 1970, at kent state university in northeastern ohio, a pivotal event in the antivietnam war movement. To what extent was the kent state shooting, a turning point. When the guardsmen shot and killed four students on may 4, the kent state shootings became the focal point of a. An assessment of blame for the kent state shootings rylan pade when richard nixon began his presidency in 1968, he promised to end the war in vietnam.
Four students were killed and nine wounded by the ohio national guard, the violent culmination of four days of protest. Students at kent state held a peaceful antiwar protest planned another protest for monday the 4th later that day students out at the local bars restarted the protest on the kent city streets. The kent state shootings also known as the may 4 massacre or the kent state massacre occurred at kent state university in the us city of kent, ohio, and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the ohio national guard on monday, may 4, 1970. Feeling like kent state is a war zone, some 2,000 antagonized students gather to protest both the national guard and vietnam war. In may 1970, students protesting the bombing of cambodia by united states military forces, clashed with ohio national guardsmen on the kent state university campus. Ksu campus map archival education and research institute aeri 2016 interactive campus map. Many have refered to the day of the kent state campus shooting as what. Here you can share your own audio recording of your may 4 story note.
Justice and legal change on the shores of lake erie 2012 chapter 10 is written by. Political changes may imperil congressional probe into. Kent, ohio a congressional probe into new revelations about the kent state university shootings will be hampered or may be curtailed by voters decision tuesday to hand republicans. Kent state shootings resource guide by carter strang1 books kent state by james michener 1971. The kent state shootings also known as the may 4 massacre or the kent state massacre occurred at kent state university in the u.
The shootings that occurred at kent state university, ohio, on may 4, 1970 have been a dark spot in american history for almost 36 years. Initially peaceful, the rally quickly turns violent and then deadly shortly after noon, when protestors, hit with tear gas, are set upon by 77 guards marching at them with fixed bayonets. This student worksheet tells the story of the may, 4, 1970 shootings at kent state university in ohio. Kent state shootings remembrance in the united states.
May 4, 2016 is the 46th anniversary of the shootings at kent state in ohio, where four students were killed and nine injured by the national guard during campus protests of us involvement in the vietnam war. Quiz yourself on the tragedy by answering multiplechoice questions on. Three photographic prints and one color slide taken during the 1980 annual commemoration of the kent state shootings. In total 4 students were killed and 9 student were injured. Thirteen unarmed ohio state students were shot by the ohio national guard, killing four and wounding nine. University libraries kent state university libraries. He had been protesting against the invasion of cambodia and the presence of the national guard on the kent state campus. Means extensively researched work stays focused on the kent state shootings and aftermath. New light shed on kent state killings washington times. Sixtyseven rounds were fired during thirteen seconds. A photographers experience of kent state 1970 the kent state university press articles. Kent state shootings ohio national guardsmen moving across the commons toward taylor hall at kent state. For more than a century, university libraries at kent state has rooted and evolved to become a nationally recognized academic library among the best in the world.
Graces book is a rambling, celebratory history of the antiwar movement, encompassing the broader landscape of labor activism and political dissent from the late1950s through the vietnam war. Justice department wont reopen probe of 1970 kent state. Audio recordings, photographs, artworks, and thousands of documents from the may 4 collection that have been put into digital format. I could see the tension building in this girl, and finally she let out with the scream, and i sort of reacted to the scream and shot that picture. Grace a student journalists photographic memoir of events surrounding the 1970 kent state shootings working as a photographer for the kent state university student newspaper and yearbook, howard ruffner was a college sophomore when the tragic shootings of may 4, 1970. Political changes may imperil congressional probe into kent. The studentled demonstration against the vietnam war ended with four students being shot by the ohio national guard in an event that came to be known as the kent state massacre. 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. Justice department has declined to reopen its investigation of the 1970 kent state shootings by ohio national guardsmen, citing legal obstacles to. For detailed information on photographs, audio recordings, and films in the may 4 collection, please.
Kent state shootings 100 photographs the most influential. When was the official memorial site built for the four students who died. An assessment of blame for the kent state shootings. Justice department has declined to reopen its investigation of the 1970 kent state shootings by ohio national guardsmen, citing legal obstacles to further prosecutions and doubts about. Four students were killed and nine were wounded, all of america. Each year on may 4, students, activists, and survivors gather at kent state university in ohio to mark the anniversary of the kent state massacre in 1970. How did newspaper reports on the kent state shootings vary. In order to answer this question, i will be investigating the antiwar movement before the shooting, the shooting itself, and the aftermath and longterm effects of the kent state shootings on the antiwar movement. Kent, ohio a congressional probe into new revelations about the kent state university shootings will be hampered or may be curtailed by voters decision tuesday to. May 04, 2010 james rosen, a fox news correspondent, examined previously undisclosed fbi files on the kent state shootings while researching his biography the strong man. Sep 03, 2017 focusing his work on the broader history of the campus, state, region, and nation in the years 1958 through 1973, grace challenges this assumption and situates the shootings in the history of political activism and dissent on the kent state university campus amid a growing polarization between the campus and its community. Students protesting at kent state university, kent, ohio, 1970.
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