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by kainah
At 12:24 PM on Monday, May 4, 1970, twenty-eight Ohio National Guardsmen pivoted 135 degrees and began shooting into a crowd of student protesters at Kent State University. By the time the shooting ended thirteen seconds later, the guardsmen had fired sixty-seven rounds and four students lay dead or dying with at least another nine having been shot. How did this confrontation happen? And what caused the Guard to open fire? 36 years later, many of the answers are still unclear.
In Part I of this series, we looked at Nixon's curiously timed announcement of the Cambodian invasion and the May Day rally at Yale University. Part II examined the events of that weekend at Kent. This, Part III, explores the events of May 4. The final diary in the series will focus on the legal aftermath. In memory of Jeffrey Miller, Allison Krause, Bill Schroeder, and Sandy Scheuer, join me in exploring the events of May 4. (Cross-posted at Democratic Underground and Daily Kos. Most of the links in this diary are photos, so if you want to see what was happening, click a link!) Read more... (18 comments, 3109 words in story) by kainah
On May 1, 1970, Kent State University responded to Richard Nixon's invasion of Cambodia with a protest similar to those on a hundred other campuses that May 1. But, as the weekend progressed, so did the level of confrontation. Still, no one expected the bloody events of May 4, 1970, when the Ohio National Guard killed four and wounded nine students. To understand what happened that Monday, it's necessary to review the events leading up to it.
Part I of this series examined Nixon's curiously timed announcement of the Cambodian invasion and the May Day rally at Yale University. This, Part II of the series, examines the events of the May 1-3 weekend at Kent. Part III will deal with the events of May 4 and Part IV will examine the legal aftermath. In memory of Jeffrey Miller, Allison Krause, Bill Schroeder, and Sandy Scheuer, then, join me on the flip to explore the events of this, the last weekend of their lives. (Cross-posted at Daily Kos and Democratic Underground.) Read more... (2480 words in story) by kainah
Thirty-six years ago, news out of Kent, Ohio stunned the country. The Ohio National Guard had opened fire on a crowd of student demonstrators. Thirteen seconds later, when the shooting stopped, two students lay dead, two more were dying, and at least nine had been wounded.
Over the next week or so, I will post a series of diaries on the Kent State shootings. This, Part I, deals with the prelude to the shootings: President Nixon's announcement of the invasion of Cambodia and the May Day demonstrations at Yale University. Part II will cover the weekend at Kent prior to the shootings. Part III will detail the events of May 4 and Part IV will look at the aftermath and the legal proceedings. A Part V, with summary and annotated bibliography, is possible, if there's enough interest. In memory of Jeffrey Miller, Allison Krause, Bill Schroeder, and Sandy Scheuer, join me on the flip to explore what happened at Kent State in 1970, what we know and what still remains a mystery.
(Cross-posted at Democratic Underground and Read more... (2037 words in story) |
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