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What the 1970 Kent State shootings tell us about universities then and now

  • Written by John Grabowski, Krieger-Mueller Joint Professor in History, Case Western Reserve University
imageBanners on the campus of Kent State University commemorating the anniversary of the May 4 shootings.AP Photo/Jeff Glidden

In 1997, a student I taught while I was a Fulbright scholar in Turkey came to visit our home in Cleveland. Asked what sites he might want to visit, he immediately suggested nearby Kent State. On May 4, 1970, students protesting...

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