More than a half century has passed since Ohio National Guard members opened fire on college students during a war protest at Kent State University, killing four students and injuring nine others.

The war in Vietnam had grown increasingly unpopular by early 1970, but protests intensified on April 30 when President Richard Nixon authorized expanding the conflict into Cambodia. At Kent State ...

The war in Vietnam had grown increasingly unpopular by early 1970, but protests intensified on April 30 when President Richard Nixon authorized expanding the conflict into Cambodia. At Kent State ...

Nixon’s decision and the subsequent shootings set off the largest student-protest movement in American ... A book by the popular novelist James Michener, Kent State: What Happened and Why ...

the School of Peace and Conflict Studies stresses the importance of nonviolent protest. A host of comedians attended Kent State, including Steve Harvey, Arsenio Hall and Drew Carey, as well as the ...