Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Remembering US Campus Killings at Kent State

Remembering US Campus Killings at Kent State

http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/05/04-0

Nick Spicer
Published on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 by Al-Jazeera-English

Forty years ago National Guard troops in the US state of Ohio fired
on students who were protesting against the Vietnam war at Kent State
university.

Four students were killed that day, piercing the conscience of people
across the country.

It became a defining moment for the US anti-war movement.

Al Jazeera's Nick Spicer looks at what the events of Kent State mean for today.

[See URL for video.]

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