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For 54 years, there has rarely been a day when my mind has not relived some of the horror of May 4, 1970. I was a student antiwar activist and eyewitness to the Kent State massacre. Now, there are ala...

NFL's lack of respect for Black college players from HBCUs raises concerns. Despite talent, no players were drafted, leaving many disappointed.

The long, honorable history of students “disturbing the war”

Happy Star Wars Day....May the Fourth be with you! Today is also the day when students were murdered.... On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen killed four college students and wounded nine others – one of them, Dean Kahler, is paralyzed below the waist – on the campus of Kent State University. Nobody was found…

Universities displayed patience and tolerance toward me and other anti-apartheid protesters. That can be a model for today.

‘a total liberation from the universitys participation in the Western imperial system’

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The alumnus also reunited with his old college roommate during 16 WAPT Interview

This article was first published by Workers World on May 7, 2020. It is being reposted now in the context of this year’s massive student uprising in solidarity with Palestine. May 4 and May 15, 2020, mark the 50th anniversaries of the murders of students at Kent State and Jackson…

Stacker compiled images of student-led demonstrations from the past century to contextualize the history of protests on American college campuses.