The Kent State Massacre
John Filo, a photography major from Kent State, won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for his photo taken on the campus of Kent State University in Ohio. Sorrowfully, the image captured fourteen-year-old Mary Vecchio screaming over the deceased body of Jeffery Miller after he had been shot. Among Miller were three others who died after the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a chaotic, protesting group of students at Kent State University. The shooting that occurred on May 4, 1970, will incessantly be branded as the Kent State Massacre (Lewis and Hensley). Numerous incidents led up to the, however, the Ohio National Guard should not have opened fire towards the students protesting on the campus of Kent State University.
Kent State students were not the first group to protest against the Vietnam War. In fact, by the 1970’s, anti-war rallies were extremely prevalent across the United States. Several main reasons contributed to the widespread protesting such as how the former President Lyndon Johnson deceived the public with information surrounding the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. The Gulf Tonkin Incident was the event that speed up the involvement of the United States into …show more content…
Several Kent State University faculty members were able to prevent further misfortune. The faculty members, led by Professor Glenn Frank, pleaded with the Ohio National Guard to allow them to talk to the protesters. Their wish was granted, and the faculty pleaded for the students to not risk their lives confronting the guardsmen. After twenty minutes of begging the demonstrators to not retaliate, the students began to leave the commons (Lewis and Hensley). Immediately afterward, Kent State University closed down. It did not reopen until the summer of 1970 (“The Killing at Kent State”). The massacre on the school grounds of Kent State not only changed campus but the nation as
John Filo, a photography major from Kent State, won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for his photo taken on the campus of Kent State University in Ohio. Sorrowfully, the image captured fourteen-year-old Mary Vecchio screaming over the deceased body of Jeffery Miller after he had been shot. Among Miller were three others who died after the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a chaotic, protesting group of students at Kent State University. The shooting that occurred on May 4, 1970, will incessantly be branded as the Kent State Massacre (Lewis and Hensley). Numerous incidents led up to the, however, the Ohio National Guard should not have opened fire towards the students protesting on the campus of Kent State University.
Kent State students were not the first group to protest against the Vietnam War. In fact, by the 1970’s, anti-war rallies were extremely prevalent across the United States. Several main reasons contributed to the widespread protesting such as how the former President Lyndon Johnson deceived the public with information surrounding the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. The Gulf Tonkin Incident was the event that speed up the involvement of the United States into …show more content…
Several Kent State University faculty members were able to prevent further misfortune. The faculty members, led by Professor Glenn Frank, pleaded with the Ohio National Guard to allow them to talk to the protesters. Their wish was granted, and the faculty pleaded for the students to not risk their lives confronting the guardsmen. After twenty minutes of begging the demonstrators to not retaliate, the students began to leave the commons (Lewis and Hensley). Immediately afterward, Kent State University closed down. It did not reopen until the summer of 1970 (“The Killing at Kent State”). The massacre on the school grounds of Kent State not only changed campus but the nation as