May 2020, Coronavirus, May 1970 Kent State Riots Fifty Years Later

Fifty years ago, college campuses across the country went up for grabs when the news got out about the four students killed at an anti-Vietnam War rally at Kent State University in Ohio.  Some of the protests were violent, others somewhat peaceful.

I was a freshman at Northern Illinois University living in the Lincoln Hall dormitory at the time.  Things were peaceful at NIU at first, but several days later, violence erupted and arrests were made.  I personally thought I was watching the end of the United States back then, especially when we had a confrontation between the police and students right outside the dorm which moved to the other side of Lincoln and then we heard explosions and the fire alarm went off.

Believe me, it was scary.  To read more about it, click on my Cooter's History Thing blog to the left of this, then click on the NIU Kent State Riots label.

Now, of course, fifty years later, colleges are canceled because of the virus.

--RoadDog