Kent State Shootings 40th Anniversary part2 ~ Jerry M. Lewis

Jerry M. Lewis is professor emeritus of sociology at Kent State University. As a Kent State faculty member in 1970, he witnessed the May 4 shootings while serving as a faculty marshall. Since then, Lewis has been involved in researching, memorializing, and lecturing about the tragedy,

Despite the substantial literature which exists on the Kent State shootings, misinformation and misunderstanding continue to surround the events of May 4. For example, a prominent college-level United States history book by Mary Beth Norton et al. (1994), which is also used in high school advanced placement courses contains a picture of the shootings of May 4 accompanied by the following summary of events: "In May 1970, at Kent State University in Ohio, National Guardsmen confronted student antiwar protestors with a tear gas barrage. Soon afterward, with no provocation, soldiers opened fire into a group of fleeing students. Four young people were killed, shot in the back, including two women who had been walking to class." (Norton et al., 1994, p. 732) Unfortunately, this short description contains four factual errors: (1) some degree of provocation did exist; (2) the students were not fleeing when the Guard initially opened fire; (3) only one of the four students who died, William Schroeder, was shot in the back; and (4) one female student, Sandy Schreuer, had been walking to class, but the other female, Allison Krause, had been part of the demonstration. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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• Kent State
• protest
• civil unrest
• National Guard
• war at home
• Jerry M. Lewis
• may 4th

[KatieG55]

Misspelled Insight...Thank You St. Mary's!

[KatieG55]

MarkCox73 you were not even THOUGHT about let alone ALIVE in 1970. You don't have a CLUE as to what went on. You only know about Kent State from what you read.

Dr. Lewis was my professor, when I went to Kent State and I LOVED his class. Good guy with great insite, plus HE WAS THERE!

[MarkCox73]

I am a LOCAL from Kent. See the STUDENTS were the BAD PEOPLE. Study the DAYS LEADING UP to the shootings

[merchmarine98]

@Thuzmund You sound as though you are familiar in that area, although I'm guessing it's more of a hobby for you; than a profession ??

[merchmarine98]

@Thuzmund Does your arrogance justify your ignorance ???

[merchmarine98]

@lpundr1 Mudered ?? Like the firefighter who was murdered by the sweet innocent collegiates ??

[FluxRostrum]

@merchmarine98 you're funny, keep'm coming LMAO

[merchmarine98]

@lpundr1 They were also murdering people asshole, they beat 2 cops to death, started the dorms on fire and then cut up the fire hoses when the fire trucks arrived; resulting in one dead firefighter and several others sent to the hospital....So who's really stupid now dickhole ???????????

So much for peace, you fucking liberal nazi scumbag !!

[lpundr1]

@merchmarine97 God you're so fucking stupid.

They were protesting an unjust war and got murdered.

[Thuzmund]

@merchmarine97 you should get a Ph. D for your insight! Unfortunately, the only institution offering credit in autoproctology is Strayer University and nobody will read your thesis.