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Decades after Kent State shooting, the tragic legacy shapes its activism

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KENT, Ohio — Atop Blanket Hill, a brass plaque reads "Ohio National Guard Firing Position." A nearby steel sculpture is marred by a bullet hole. Smaller, circular plaques dot one side of the hill and the asphalt parking lot below, all signaling spots on the Kent State University campus where nine students were shot and wounded by soldiers on May 4, 1970.

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