WHAT HAPPENED?
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IN MAY 1970 AT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY, FOUR STUDENTS WERE KILLED AND NINE WERE WOUNDED DURING A NON-VIOLENT PROTEST AGAINST THE VIETNAM WAR.
The President’s Commission on Campus Unrest determined that the shootings were “unnecessary, unwarranted, and inexcusable.”
The Ohio National Guard fires tear gas at protesters. Courtesy of Kent State University Libraries Special Collections and Archives.
The moment of the shooting. Courtesy of John Darnell.
BY REMEMBERING THE PAST, LET US SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE.
