Kent state shootings pdf

For more than a century, university libraries at kent state has rooted and evolved to become a nationally recognized academic library among the best in the world. The studentled demonstration against the vietnam war ended with four students being shot by the ohio national guard in an event that came to be known as the kent state massacre. Ksu campus map archival education and research institute aeri 2016 interactive campus map. This student worksheet tells the story of the may, 4, 1970 shootings at kent state university in ohio. An oral history of the kent state shootings the kent state university press 2019 howard ruffner moments of truth. Each year on may 4, students, activists, and survivors gather at kent state university in ohio to mark the anniversary of the kent state massacre in 1970. To what extent was the kent state shooting, a turning point. Throughout the 1960s united states involvement in the war had grown with an escalating death toll of american servicemen and a growing opposition among the american people. In may 1970, students protesting the bombing of cambodia by united states military forces, clashed with ohio national guardsmen on the kent state university campus. Kent state kent campus facebook kent state kent campus twitter.

University libraries kent state university libraries. Kent state university has a history of recognizing the historical importance of the may 4 site in its planning processes and is committed to maintaining the integrity and feel of the site. Four students were killed and nine wounded by the ohio national guard, the violent culmination of four days of protest. Kent state 1970 howard ruffner foreword by thomas m.

He had been protesting against the invasion of cambodia and the presence of the national guard on the kent state campus. An assessment of blame for the kent state shootings. When the guardsmen shot and killed four students on may 4, the kent state shootings became the focal point of a. Political changes may imperil congressional probe into kent. This is a printed map detailing the locations of structures, troop movements, bullet hole locations, and locations of casualties at the kent state shooting of may 4, 1970. May 4, 2016 is the 46th anniversary of the shootings at kent state in ohio, where four students were killed and nine injured by the national guard during campus protests of us involvement in the vietnam war. Kent, ohio a congressional probe into new revelations about the kent state university shootings will be hampered or may be curtailed by voters decision tuesday to. Kent, ohio a congressional probe into new revelations about the kent state university shootings will be hampered or may be curtailed by voters decision tuesday to hand republicans. Justice department has declined to reopen its investigation of the 1970 kent state shootings by ohio national guardsmen, citing legal obstacles to further prosecutions and doubts about.

This investigation will therefore focus on the shootings of the four students at kent state and answer the questions how did newspaper reports on the kent shootings vary and how reliable were they. New light shed on kent state killings washington times. The kent state shootings also known as the may 4 massacre or the kent state massacre occurred at kent state university in the u. Feeling like kent state is a war zone, some 2,000 antagonized students gather to protest both the national guard and vietnam war. Project muse the kent state shootings, the long 1960s, and. How did newspaper reports on the kent state shootings vary. Kent state shootings project gutenberg selfpublishing. The kent state shootings occurred on tuesday, may 4, 1970 at kent state university in kent, ohio.

Hensley introduction on may 4, l970 members of the ohio national guard fired into a crowd of kent state. Kent state shooting, the shooting of unarmed college students at kent state university, in northeastern ohio, by the ohio national guard on may 4, 1970, one of the seminal events of the anti vietnam war movement in the united states. Students at kent state held a peaceful antiwar protest planned another protest for monday the 4th later that day students out at the local bars restarted the protest on the kent city streets. Kent state shooting, the shooting of unarmed college students on may 4, 1970, at kent state university in northeastern ohio, a pivotal event in the antivietnam war movement. An assessment of blame for the kent state shootings rylan pade when richard nixon began his presidency in 1968, he promised to end the war in vietnam. Justice department has declined to reopen its investigation of the 1970 kent state shootings by ohio national guardsmen, citing legal obstacles to. The kent state shooting took place in 1970 when ohio national guard troops opened fire on vietnam war protesters at kent state university, killing four. Means extensively researched work stays focused on the kent state shootings and aftermath.

A photographers experience of kent state 1970 the kent state university press articles. Sep 03, 2017 focusing his work on the broader history of the campus, state, region, and nation in the years 1958 through 1973, grace challenges this assumption and situates the shootings in the history of political activism and dissent on the kent state university campus amid a growing polarization between the campus and its community. Justice and legal change on the shores of lake erie 2012 chapter 10 is written by. Audio recordings, photographs, artworks, and thousands of documents from the may 4 collection that have been put into digital format. I could see the tension building in this girl, and finally she let out with the scream, and i sort of reacted to the scream and shot that picture. It is a day remembered by many names, the kent state shootings, may 4 or the kent state massacre. Many have refered to the day of the kent state campus shooting as what. Thirteen unarmed ohio state students were shot by the ohio national guard, killing four and wounding nine.

For tips on using this digital collection, please view our kent state shootings digital archive video tutorial. Kent state shootings on may 4 th 1970, students of kent state university in ohio were fired upon by the united states national guard as the national guard fired their weapons upon the college students, 67 rounds in a period of seconds were fired at students what happened. Grace a student journalists photographic memoir of events surrounding the 1970 kent state shootings working as a photographer for the kent state university student newspaper and yearbook, howard ruffner was a college sophomore when the tragic shootings of may 4, 1970. Kent state shootings ohio national guardsmen moving across the commons toward taylor hall at kent state. Kent state shootings remembrance in the united states. The kent state shootings also known as the may 4 massacre or the kent state massacre occurred at kent state university in the us city of kent, ohio, and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the ohio national guard on monday, may 4, 1970. The shootings at kent state had a profound effect on the antiwar movement, and james michener skillfully examines this tragic moment in u. The shootings that occurred at kent state university, ohio, on may 4, 1970 have been a dark spot in american history for almost 36 years.

Three photographic prints and one color slide taken during the 1980 annual commemoration of the kent state shootings. Here you can share your own audio recording of your may 4 story note. Sixtyseven rounds were fired during thirteen seconds. Four students were killed and nine were wounded, all of america. The kent state shootings also known as the may 4 massacre or the kent state massacre, were the shootings on may 4, 1970, of unarmed college students by the ohio national guard at kent state university in kent, ohio, during a mass protest against the bombing in neutral cambodia by united states military forces. Students protesting at kent state university, kent, ohio, 1970. Justice department wont reopen probe of 1970 kent state. Kent state shootings 100 photographs the most influential. Kent state shootings resource guide by carter strang1 books kent state by james michener 1971. In order to answer this question, i will be investigating the antiwar movement before the shooting, the shooting itself, and the aftermath and longterm effects of the kent state shootings on the antiwar movement. Kent state and the end of american innocence da capo press 2016 craig s. In total 4 students were killed and 9 student were injured. Initially peaceful, the rally quickly turns violent and then deadly shortly after noon, when protestors, hit with tear gas, are set upon by 77 guards marching at them with fixed bayonets. Graces book is a rambling, celebratory history of the antiwar movement, encompassing the broader landscape of labor activism and political dissent from the late1950s through the vietnam war.