May 19, 2024

S2 Ep109: The Kent State Massacre

53 minutes

This week we will be discussing the events that took place between May 1st and May 4th, 1970, during the student protests of the Vietnam War at Kent State University. Trigger warning for mention of police violence and murder.

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Sources

https://www.kent.edu/may-4-historical-accuracy

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/04/us/kent-state-shooting-50th-anniversary-trnd/index.html

https://www.britannica.com/event/Kent-State-shootings/How-can-you-run-when-you-know-the-national-response

https://www.library.kent.edu/special-collections-and-archives/kent-state-shootings-may-4-collection

https://www.britannica.com/event/Kent-State-shootings

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/kent-state-massacre/

https://omeka.library.kent.edu/special-collections/kent-state-shootings-oral-histories

https://origins.osu.edu/watch/kent-state-massacre?language_content_entity=en

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kent-state-sister-militarized-police-college-protests-israel-gaza_n_662aa18de4b09d8df9d5e1b0

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fifty-years-ago-kent-state-massacre-changed-university-forever-180974787/

https://www.history.com/news/richard-nixon-kent-state-shootings-response

https://apnews.com/article/769a594a066dd0cae0cc34b6f6dc344c

https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/attytood/kent-state-anniversary-college-debt-student-loans-20220503.html

https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/kent-state-massacre

https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/kent-state

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmd6CHah7Wg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pwro3vCUdU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUzlpIxXbtM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I26iWfa_oqI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUTqgG4-48A

https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/students-and-the-anti-war-movement

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/trending/kent-state-shootings-54-years-later-remembering-campus-tragedy/OHARSQUEZFGKPER5LYQE6P7YYQ/

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