Like students everywhere in the mid-1960s to early 1970s, students of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio in May 1970 were protesting the Civil War. Nearly all protests in that era were non-violent, the "sit in" variety. But "the establishment" (anyone in authority) did not like that they could not control protesters (anywhere). Plus, in response to Pres. Nixon announcing a new offensive, students set fire to the ROTC building. So the Governor of Ohio called out the Ohio National Guard to "control" the situation. But the Guardsmen opened fire on the unarmed students! They killed 4 and wounded 9.
This was, as people say now, "huge"! It was shocking! Unconscionable! Nothing like this had ever occurred before against White unarmed students. Plus, film of the protest and aftermath of students lying on the ground, bleeding or dead, was televised. It was a sobering turn, in that it felt like US citizens were not just protesting an unfair and unjust war in Vietnam, but also fighting the cruelty of our own government toward its own citizens.
The Vietnam War
The Kent State Incident, The Tet Offensive and The Gulf of Tonkin Resolutions
Kent State Shootings
At Kent State University they were shot by Guardsmen after rocks/bricks had been thrown at the men.
Kent State University was named after William S. Kent and opened in 1910. This University was founded as part of the Lowry Bill.
The Vietnam War
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At the Kent State University, Ohio.
The Kent State Incident, The Tet Offensive and The Gulf of Tonkin Resolutions
Kent State Shootings
Nixon's Cambodian invasion on 01 May 1970. Ohio Governor James Rhodes was a big contributing factor to the Kent State incident. For a fuller understanding and eye witness accounts of that horrific event including by guardsmen who shot students check out the Emmy Award winning documentary "Kent State, The Day the War Cam Home" It was just released on DVD for the upcoming 40th anniversary. In its review of the program, The Hollywood Reporter stated, "This extraordinary hour long doc is so good, so well constructed, that it can't help but leave viewers feeling as if they themselves were on the bloody scene of the Kent State carnage" kentstatedvd.com
The address of the Kent State University Museum is: P.O. Box 5190, Kent, OH 42442-0001
Kent State University was created in 1910.
Kent State participates in the Mid-American Conference. In football, Kent state is at the Division IA level.
It is at Kent, Ohio in the northeast region of the state, south of Cleveland and east of Akron.
Kent State University at Ashtabula was created in 1958.
Kent State University at Salem was created in 1962.