#war-imagery

#war-imagery

A single photograph from the day, in 1970, that four students there were killed by the Ohio National Guard is so powerful that, whenever I hear any mention of Kent State-its basketball team or its engineering program-the picture flashes in my mind. I'm sure I'm not alone. Kent State was reduced to a single photo because the press was far more centralized at the time, and had the power and the influence to edit, curate, and promote a particular version of an event.