On this day, 4 May 1970, the Kent State massacre took place when the Ohio National Guard fired 67 rounds into a crowd of students protesting against the bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam war, killing four and wounding nine others, including bystanders and one person who was permanently paralysed.
Those killed were Sandra Lee Scheuer, aged 20, Allison B. Krause, 19, Jeffrey Glenn Miller, 20, and William Knox Schroeder, 19.
The repression galvanised anti-war sentiment, with students in New York hanging banners stating “You Can’t Kill Us All” and in the next few days millions took to the streets in protest.
Learn more about the movement against the Vietnam war in our podcast episodes 43-46. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or here on our website: https://workingclasshistory.com/2020/09/23/e43-46-the-movement-against-the-vietnam-war-in-the-us/
Pictured is the moment troops opened fire. https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1979724832212657/?type=3