HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
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Jackson State College in Mississippi
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Harvard University in Massachusetts
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University of California, Berkeley
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Kent State University in Ohio
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Kent State shootings (also known as the May 4 massacre and the Kent State massacre) resulted in the killing of four and wounding of nine unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard, on the Kent State University campus.
Detailed explanation-2: -Kent State offers over 300 degree programs, among them 250 baccalaureate, 40 associate, 50 master’s, and 23 doctoral programs of study, which include such notable programs as nursing, business, history, library science, aeronautics, journalism, architecture, fashion design and the Liquid Crystal Institute.
Detailed explanation-3: -The event triggered a nationwide student strike that forced hundreds of colleges and universities to close. The decision to bring the Ohio National Guard onto the Kent State University campus was directly related to decisions regarding American involvement in the Vietnam War.
Detailed explanation-4: -Neil Young’s “Ohio” Neil Young wrote the song “Ohio” after seeing the Life magazine article about the shootings, which had hit stands on May 15 with the story featured on the cover. He immediately wrote the song. The next week, members of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young met in LA and recorded it in just a few takes.