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40th Anniversary of Kent State Shootings

Back in the day on May 4th, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on Vietnam War protesters on the campus of Kent State University. The volley of sixty-seven bullets in thirteen seconds forty years ago claimed the lives of four students that day and injured nine others. The National Guard had been called to Kent as the Nixon administration’s bombing of Cambodia had become a focal point in the anti-war movement. Students held a rally against the widening of the Vietnam War on May 1st and promised to assemble once more on the campus of Kent State on May 4th. Incidents in between that time led the National Guard to seize control of the campus banning all rallies. At noon on May 4th, students gathered in defiance, when National Guardsmen first shot tear gas banisters at the protesters to disperse them. Of course, as history goes on to show, they turned to their more deadly arsenal next…

To mark this somber anniversary, the Kent State Truth Tribunal convened on Saturday and concludes today in its mission to record and honor the history of all those effected by the killings.

For Uprising, this is your truth professa’ saying it’s no mystery why they conceal our people’s history!