It also shocked me to learn that the Army threatened to open fire again after the initial shooting (the emotion in the Geology professor's voice as he pleads with the students to disperse or be killed is incredible). My school teacher taught that it was a horrible accident and provided no context of the disdain that many had for the anti-war/civil rights movement.
Much of the narrative and imagery of this episode could be ripped out the headlines today - "half" of the country approving of unarmed protesters being shot, hate mail directed at the parents of dead, images of cars driving into protesters blocking roads, and an attempt to portray all protestors as violent.
Much of the narrative and imagery of this episode could be ripped out the headlines today - "half" of the country approving of unarmed protesters being shot, hate mail directed at the parents of dead, images of cars driving into protesters blocking roads, and an attempt to portray all protestors as violent.