4 0 obj The various protests drew to an end as President Richard Nixon, who served from 1969-1974, began to withdraw U.S. soldiers from North and South Vietnam.
Some of the protesters threw the canisters, along with rocks, back at the soldiers. Many colleges and universities across the United States cancelled classes for the remainder of the academic year in fear of violent protests erupting on their campuses.
Twenty-nine of the soldiers, purportedly fearing for their lives, eventually opened fire.
Rhodes agreed, and the National Guard members began to arrive the evening of May 2. Learn how your comment data is processed. The various protests drew to an end as President Richard Nixon, who served from 1969-1974, began to withdraw U.S. soldiers from North and South Vietnam. It is unclear who set the building on fire.
As the soldiers arrived, they found the Reserve Officer Training Corps building at Kent State University in flames. The mayor of Kent, Leroy Satrom, declared a state of emergency on May 2. The troops fired a total of sixty-seven shots. O�ʣ$t�Kg4%�,:�ʕև;/����� endstream endobj After the shooting, plans for a national student strike spread to almost every college with roughly five million students. And don’t forget the 1970 document – The report of the President’s Commission on Campus Unrest. Finally, revelations that the United States military was bombing and sending troops into Cambodia, a country neighboring North and South Vietnam, and the increasing number of U.S. casualties further angered many people.
( Log Out / Eventually students, other anti-war activists, and common criminals began to break windows and loot stores. These protests usually were peaceful and included such things as burning draft cards, fleeing to Canada or some other country to escape the draft, protest rallies and marches, or simply remaining enrolled in college to avoid the draft. x��Y�o�8~����'��$E��0��͢��� ��=���.�r����_3C���qP8�er8���e�`��/�������9�����p+���n}y!���. �$�+ɡϢȄvɇ�1Y��v�Z�y��vI̒�LH�H�ʺ�dB��046�Ȱ) The most well known protest involving the Vietnam War occurred at Kent State University in Ohio in May 1970. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.
Students protesting at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1970. https://ohiohistorycentral.org/index.php?title=Kent_State_Shootings&oldid=36120. <> "Protestors on Cambodia and Kent State Are Joined by Many Local Schools." (For me, I was galvanized into becoming a participant in the march on Washington the following week.). I think that we're up against the strongest, well-trained, militant, revolutionary group that has ever assembled in America."