African-American Blackout Riots Of 1963

May 1, 1970, in the afternoon, students were gathered around the Victory Bell and students, some were history students and they were organizing a protest, which they say that they had been murdered when the troops were sent somewhere without a declaration by the congress. More than 2 hours, President Nixon made his announcement and more than 200 people were gathered to hear African-American speak. At night, students were gathered around at the Kent in an area with the number of bars known as “The Strip”. People were leaving from the bars and since there were too many people crowd the traffic had to be blocked for about an hour or less. More people began to break windows from stores, banks, and even companies and they have been attacked. The Mayor began to declare that this is the “State of Emergency” and the people who were in the …show more content…
The guard betrayed the students and then announced that it will go into effect immediately. Helicopters were overheard like watching the city all through the night and they were like searchlights hovered overhead. The event happens in May 4, 1970. People were really scared and shocked, but the main thing is that how did all started? See what happen was that thousands of people in the U.S were active and they were protesting the Vietnam war. It was some of the college students. President Nixon was the president during this time when this event occurred. The Kent State University was located at Kent, Ohio. This describes it like a violence and people protesting. Barbato said that it was “a difficult story to tell” and there were many unanswered questions, but he was one of them to survive during that time. Students were crowded around and the army came and they started to fire to the students. The student was trying to protect their self by running away from the