May 4, 1970 Allison Krause Jeffrey Glenn Miller Sandra Lee Scheuer William Knox Schroeder

LAST MAY 4 was a day of rumors and fears. Students all over the country, already stunned by the American invasion of Cambodia, wondered and waited by radios and televisions to find out whether the rumors were true that four of us had been shot dead at Kent State.

And when we learned that it was true, we learned also that the President of the United States had heard of the murders and said, "When dissent turns to violence, it invites tragedy."

And all during that week, we struck back in the feeble ways we could. High schools, colleges, and universities ail over the country shut down as their students left class to try to stop the millions of murders in Indochina and to prevent any more such murders at home.

So far, we have not won. The killing at home goes on in Jackson, Miss.; Lawrence, Kan.; in ghettos and barrios around the country. And in Indochina, the butchers have not paused a minute since May.

Last spring we learned again that we and the people who run this country are enemies. Many of us are in Washington today, fighting them. The rest of us should remember the way we felt one year ago today and resolve again to fight back.