50 years ago, shootings at a Vietnam War protest at Kent State University changed the country: “It was definitely understood very quickly as an indication that things in the US — on and off campus — were spiraling out of control,” a historian said.
“I remember stopping, and there was absolute stillness,” Lewis said of the moments after the shots. “Then, screaming and wailing and chaos. I didn’t lose consciousness, I was in a state of shock.”
“It was definitely understood very quickly as an indication that things in the U.S. — on and off campus — were spiraling out of control,” said Angus Johnston, a historian on student activism who teaches at the City University of New York. Alan Canfora, a student who attended the Kent State protest, said the purpose of the demonstration — one that he never imagined would turn deadly — was"to send a message to stop the war." Canfora was captured in one of the most famous pictures from the day, holding a black flag while facing down the National Guard. He was holding the flag in mourning — one of his close friends from childhood had died in the war.
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