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Richard Nixon Letters Regarding Kent State University Shootings

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Title	Richard Nixon Letters Regarding Kent State University Shootings
Subject	Presidents and Politics Military Ohio Civil Liberties Education Presidents Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 Vietnam War Universities and colleges Kent State University Kent State University Riot, 1970 (May 4)
Place	Kent (Ohio) Portage County (Ohio)
Description	President Richard Nixon sent these two letters to Kent State University President Robert I. White regarding the shootings of four Kent State students by National Guard troops on May 4, 1970. The first letter discusses the appointment of a presidential commission to investigate the shootings. In a second letter, Nixon suggests distributing to students a letter by J. Edgar Hoover encouraging them to avoid involvement with "extremist" groups. The letters are one page each and measure 8.5" x 11" (21.59 x 27.94 cm). Kent State University in Kent, Ohio was placed in an international spotlight after a tragic end to a student demonstration against the Vietnam War and the National Guard on May 4, 1970. Shortly after noon on that Monday, 13 seconds of rifle fire by a contingent of 28 Ohio National Guardsmen left four students dead, one permanently paralyzed, and eight others wounded. Not every student was a demonstration participant or an observer; some students were walking to and from class. As a result of the shootings, the university was closed for nearly six weeks.
Creator	Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Date of Original	July 13, 1970; September 26, 1970
Collection	May 4 Collection
Source	Audiovisual material May 4 Collection, Boxes 127, 127A, 127B
Submitting Institution	Kent State University
Type	StillImage
Format	picture

Title	Om2611_2555646_001
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om2611_2555646_001.tif
Image Height	7696
Image Width	5283
File Size	12631.168 KB

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