Photos of a bloody protest against the war by US forces in Vietnam at Kent State University in Ohio are now on display on the university’s online platform to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the event.
A student of Kent State University cries out and gestures as she kneels over the body of another student killed in the shooting (Photo: CNN)
Washington DC (VNA) – Photos of a bloody protestagainst the war by US forces in Vietnam at Kent State University in Ohio arenow on display on tᩚ♛ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhe university’s online platform to commemorate the 50thanniversary of the event.
On May 4, 1970, four unarmed students from the universitywere killed and nine others injured in a shooting during the protest. Theincident together with the photographs sparked a public backlash against thewar. They also bolstered the anti-war movement amongst USstudents, resulting in mass protests nationwide with millions of participants.Hundreds of schools were forced to close, putting pressure on the US to end thewar. H.R. Haldeman, a top aide to former US President RichardNixon, affirmed that the event had inflicted a direct blow to the country’spolitics at that time. It became a symbol of the deep socio-political divisionsin the nation caused by the war, he added. Many books and documents have touched upon the Kent Statemassacre over the last three decades. Various demonstrations against the war were held in the US between1960 and 1970./.
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A student of Kent State University cries out and gestures as she kneels over the body of another student killed in the shooting (Photo: CNN) 
