KENT STATE SHOOTINGS

Related historical timeline created with Timeliner (Nobles grad, Tom Snyder)

In 1970 after the U.S.'s invasion of Cambodia on April 30, Nixon announced that 150,000 more troops would be drafted in the next three years. In response to Nixon, many students from colleges and universities all over the country gathered in protest. At kent State the protest turned violent as students set fire to the ROTC building on campus. Ohio dispatched 900 National Guard troops to the campus.On May 4, 28 guards opened fire on a crowd killing four and wounding nine. After the incident, almost 500 colleges were shut down.

Sources Used

http://www.dhc ./~toarms/kent.html
http://www.library.kent.edu/exibits/4may95/crono.html
http://csmonitor.com/audio/monitor_radio/kentstateindex.html

Kent State Links!

Kent State Univ Dept of Special Archives
Web page called Up Against the Wall
Web page called Aftermath

Kent State Pictures!

The building on fire!
High quality photo of actual location
Tear Gas!

By Wally Siggins
Noble and Greenough School
Class of 1999
History Teacher: Don Allard