Resources in Our Collection Related to the Kent State Massacre – 46 Years Ago Today

The Kent State massacre occurred at Kent State University on May 4, 1970.  It involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard. The guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.

Some of the students who were shot had been protesting the Cambodian Campaign, which President Richard Nixon announced during a television address on April 30. Other students who were shot had been walking nearby or observing the protest from a distance.

The following is a brief bibliography of resources we have:

• Kent State: What Happened and Why by James Michener
• Kent State: The Day the War Came Home (DVD)
• Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories (electronic resource)
• Kent State / May 4: Echoes Through a Decade edited by Scott Bills
• Kent State and May 4th: A Social Science Perspective by Thomas R. Hensley, Jerry M. Lewis