Kent State Killings, Narrated by Rosanne Cash - Heather Cox Richardson

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In May 1970, after President Nixon announced he had sent ground troops into Cambodia as part of his widening of the Vietnam War, students at universities across the country protested. On May 2nd, Ohio's governor deployed National Guard troops to keep the peace at Kent State University. Two days later, several guardsmen opened fire on student protesters. Three students, Allison Krauss, Jeffrey Miller, and Sandra Lee Shyer were killed. A fourth, William Schroeder, died later in a hospital. Nine more were wounded.

[efhmc]

1. Have any of those who were wounded written or talk about it?

[Jarqui]

2. Yes

Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories
https://omeka.library.kent.edu/special-collections/kent-state-shootings-oral-histories

Voices of May 4 Discussion

Where the Nine Wounded are Now
https://www.kent.edu/magazine/where-nine-wounded-are-now

There is lots more ...

I wasn't there. But I had been protesting the war since '68.
So this event hit me pretty hard.
It still gets to me.

[efhmc]

3. One of my neighbor was there but I felt it was too intrusive to ask her about it at the time. Stupid southern manners.