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Mike Greenblatt: ‘True American martyrs for peaceful protest’
When I was researching for my Woodstock book Back To Yasgur’s Farm, I came across information that in 1969 New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller wanted to call in the National Guard to disperse the 500,000 of us at the butt… Read More ›
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Denny Wilkins: ‘The day I first understood journalism’
I became a journalist in April 1970 at my hometown paper. I had little understanding of the profession. On May 4, government fired on its own citizens, killing four and wounding nine. Repeat: A government fired at its own citizens… Read More ›
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Chris Mackowski: ‘When protesters demanded accountability, government responded with violence’
The Kent State protesters demanded government accountability; the government responded not with answers but with violence. At a time when the current administration resists similar calls for accountability, and its supporters enable that defiance, Kent State reminds us of the… Read More ›
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David Kassnoff: ‘Any life lost exercising First Amendment rights is one too many’
The Kent State protesters demanded government accountability; the government responded not with answers but with violence. The student shootings at Kent State in 1970 signified the moment when the Vietnam War came to U.S. soil. Viewers of network newscasts had… Read More ›
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Mike Jones-Kelley: ‘So now they are going to start killing us’
I remember thinking when I heard the news of Kent State, “So now they are going to start killing us.” Because in that era, there was a “they” and there was an “us.” In that time in our country’s history,… Read More ›
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Lee Coppola: ‘Bloodshed over differences of opinion has no place in a democracy’
Perhaps at no better time in recent history does the Ken State shootings teach us a lesson. When some think the division in our country has opened a chasm too deep to heal, it’s worth remembering what happened when such… Read More ›
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Paul Wieland: ‘A precursor to a new breed of imperialism’
The killings at Kent State reflected the usual lack of leadership by politicians. The country was already heavy breathing about the Vietnam War and needed cooler heads, not the ones running the state of Ohio at the time. Instead the… Read More ›
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Barry Gan: ‘Awakening mainstream America’
The killing of four unarmed students at Kent State on May 4, 1970 is not the only time our government has fired upon unarmed civilians. It happened 11 days later, again, at Jackson State, when police opened fire on unarmed… Read More ›
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Today’s America reflects on the Kent State shootings
Reflections from activists, academics and others on the Kent State shootings
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Journalists do not make us fear, they make us aware
By Pauline W. Hoffmann These last several weeks have put a burden on many sectors of society from hourly workers who will struggle to provide for families to health care workers who battle on the front lines of the pandemic…. Read More ›
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