[UNT protest march of Kent State shootings]

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Photograph of North Texas State University students marching in protest of the shootings that occurred at Kent State on May 4, 1970. Four students were killed and others wounded on the Kent State campus by the Ohio Nation Guard during a protest of the bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam War. This photograph shows students marching while holding up signs with the names of the four fatalities at Kent State as well as other signs, circa 1970.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 7 in.

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Creator: Unknown. 1970~.

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  • Main Title: [UNT protest march of Kent State shootings]
  • Alternate Title: Students holding signs naming deceased Kent State students in protest

Description

Photograph of North Texas State University students marching in protest of the shootings that occurred at Kent State on May 4, 1970. Four students were killed and others wounded on the Kent State campus by the Ohio Nation Guard during a protest of the bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam War. This photograph shows students marching while holding up signs with the names of the four fatalities at Kent State as well as other signs, circa 1970.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 7 in.

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  • Preferred Citation: University Photography Collection (U0458), University of North Texas Special Collections

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  • 1970~

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  • Jan. 16, 2017, 12:29 p.m.

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  • April 1, 2020, 12:23 p.m.

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[UNT protest march of Kent State shootings], photograph, 1970~; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc945971/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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