kent state university
Kent State University.
Kent State in Ohio.
On May 4, 1970, four students were killed and nine wounded by National Guard troops at Kent State University in Ohio. The students were protesting the invasion of Cambodia, announced by Richard Nixon the week before. Kent State University
Kent State University protests.
At Kent State University they were shot by Guardsmen after rocks/bricks had been thrown at the men.
One of the most infamous demonstrations against the war in Vietnam took place at Kent State University, 1970, when National Guard troops fired on Kent State students and protesters. The quote below comes from an article about Kent State in Wikipedia: >
One of the most infamous demonstrations against the Vietnam War took place at Kent State University, 1970, when National Guard troops fired on Kent State students and protesters and four were killed and eleven were wounded. The event triggered a nationwide student strike that forced hundreds of colleges and universities to close. Two students were killed by police during a demonstration at another college. The Guardsmen at Kent State claimed they had fired in self defense. Some of those killed were students going to class and not even taking part in the demonstration. There is still dispute over the shootings.
Little Rock, Arkansas
Not very many mabey 100.
On the Kent State campus in Ohio on May 4, 1970, the National Guard troops, attempting to deal with a crowd of student protesters, fired their weapons at the demonstrators. Unfortunately, their shots carried hundreds of feet, killing or wounding innocent students as well as protesters. Four students were killed and nine injured (one paralyzed). The blame for the shootings was initially on agitators on the campus, but this was exacerbated by poor crowd control training for the part-time National Guard soldiers. Evidence indicated that the involvement of student activists and informants led to the violence, but no proof of snipers or other initiating factors was ever presented.
There were two instances of this happening - the first was at the University of Mississippi in September of 1962, and a group of US Marshalls and 3000 federal troops were sent in. The one you're probably thinking of - and the one which the troops actually came from the National Guard (who had been federalized) - was the University of Alabama, which George Wallace himself had barricaded in opposition to integration. That was in June of 1963.