Kent State

1. A controversial incident in 1970, in which unarmed students demonstrating against United States involvement in the Vietnam War were fired on by panicky troops of the National Guard. Four students were killed and nine wounded. The shooting occurred at Kent State University in Ohio. The troops were subsequently absolved of responsibility by the government, but their action turned many moderates against the Vietnam War and the Richard Nixon administration.

Example Sentences

Nica Delgado, a graduate student of library science at Kent State University, told Salon that it feels like SB 1 has stolen “a lot of joy” from the campus.

Read more on Salon

“The legislators that pushed this through took something from our students in Ohio that they will never understand, and they took programs from us that truly saved lives and kept people in school,” Delgado, president of the Kent State Ohio Student Association, said.

Read more on Salon

In 1970, the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed students protesting the Vietnam War on the campus of Kent State University, killing four of them and wounding nine others.

Read more on Salon

The students’ memorial service was even disrupted by local reactionaries who chanted, “Kent State Four! Should have studied more!”

Read more on Salon

The concert I attended on Wednesday was the year’s first appearance of this particular number, which was, of course, composed, recorded and released in quick succession in response to the 1970 murders of four students at Kent State.

Read more on Salon