Kent state university
Kent State University
The National Guard killed four students at Kent State University but all were not black and I don't think any were. A short time later two black students were killed at Jackson State University under similar conditions while rioting in protest of the Kent State killings.
National Guardsmen killed four students.
national guardsmen shot and killed four students
Because students were exempt from military service - a serious blunder that killed-off any idea of the educated class as national leaders.
Students protested at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. The governor called out the National Guard to control the protests. The National Guard opened fire and killed four students. This was likely the first incident of campus shooting in the US and most Americans were appalled.
That was the time of what became known as the Kent State Massacre, in which 4 students were shot and killed by the national guard, during a student anti-war protest.
Kent State, in Ohio.
Kent State University
The National Guard killed four students at Kent State University but all were not black and I don't think any were. A short time later two black students were killed at Jackson State University under similar conditions while rioting in protest of the Kent State killings.
Kent State University in Ohio.
National Guardsmen killed four students.
There had been many people and students protesting the war all that week, they went so far as to burn the soldier education building on campus. Since the protest had gotten so out of hand, the national guard was called. Then on May 4th, by the Kent State victory bell, the protest went on, the national guard had surrounded the protest and were throwing tear gas into the crowd. The crowd soon was filling the tear gas cans with cement and throwing them back at the guard, the guard somehow had a miscommunication (as they put it) and fired. The shots hit 13 students, wounding 9, and killing 4.
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.
kent state university
national guardsmen shot and killed four students
Yes, this happened at Kent State University when students were peacefully protesting the Vietnam War.