Radical Prints | The Berkeley Poster Collection | 5 — Kent State
For students at American Campuses country-wide, Kent State was one of the proverbial straws breaking the camel's back, provoking a massive outpouring of protest and poster production. The fact that American troops had actually shot and killed young Americans protesting the war, coupled with the Nixon Administration's callous response, seems to have tapped a deep well of anxiety and resentment. The shock and horror of the now iconic images of the Kent State shootings are very much in evidence here.
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