The Kent State Shootings

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This paper looks at how thirteen seconds on May 4, 1970, became immortalized in history after members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on student protesters, killing four and wounding several others. It discusses how the event became a symbol of the division in America that had plagued the country during the preceding decade and raised many questions about the direction of Americans civil rights. It discusses how it was the bloody end to the standoff between liberal and conservatives, both at Kent and in America as a whole.

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"During the 1960s the small Asian country Vietnam became a major battle ground in the cold war. As America's involvement in the civil war increased it became clear that there was another battle being fought on the college campuses of America. The nature of the anti-war movements, while held together through various national organizations, varied greatly from campus to campus. "The type of relationship antiwar students had with university administrators, prowar students, law enforcement agencies, and community residents determined the mode of dissent as well as the way in which confrontation unfolded." "

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