The Nation: The Nation, Nov. 11, 1974

Beneath the pagoda on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, a federal jury last week surveyed the site where on May 4, 1970, four Kent State students were slain by gunfire and nine were wounded during a campus protest against U.S. military involvement in Cambodia. Now, 4½ years after the event that symbolized the agony of a nation divided, eight of the 800 Ohio National Guardsmen on duty at Kent State that day are on trial in Cleveland. Among the charges: assaulting and intimidating the demonstrators and depriving them of their civil rights.

Seven of the defendants, who...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!