The Rhyme: Kent State and Renee Good

Map of the Kent State shootings – Public Domain

On May 4, 1970, following Republican President Richard Nixon’s April 1970, announcement of the expansion of the Viet Nam War into Cambodia, the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a group of Kent State students engaged in a peaceful campus protest against this extension of the War. The students were also protesting the Guard’s presence on their campus and the draft.  Four students were killed and nine others were wounded, including one who suffered permanent paralysis.