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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
The 40th Anniversary of the Kent State Shootings
On May 4, 1970, four unarmed college students were killed during a protest against the recent U.S. invasion of Cambodia. Click here for item location of books on the Kent State shootings.
For the best eye witness accounts of the Kent State shootings by various Kent students and national guardsmen who shot students, check out the Emmy Award winning documentary, "Kent State, The Day the War Cam Home." It was just released on DVD for the 40th anniversary. In its review of the program, The Hollywood Reporter stated, "This extraordinary hour long doc is so good, so well constructed, that it can't help but leave viewers feeling as if they themselves were on the bloody scene of the Kent State carnage..." for more go to kentstatedvd.com
Yes, thank you for posting this. I hope everyone on campus views the display and learns about the non-so-distant past of democratic speech on US college campuses. Concerned students ought not be shot.
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For the best eye witness accounts of the Kent State shootings by various Kent students and national guardsmen who shot students, check out the Emmy Award winning documentary, "Kent State, The Day the War Cam Home." It was just released on DVD for the 40th anniversary. In its review of the program, The Hollywood Reporter stated, "This extraordinary hour long doc is so good, so well constructed, that it can't help but leave viewers feeling as if they themselves were on the bloody scene of the Kent State carnage..." for more go to kentstatedvd.com
Mark, Thanks for the tip!
Yes, thank you for posting this. I hope everyone on campus views the display and learns about the non-so-distant past of democratic speech on US college campuses. Concerned students ought not be shot.
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