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On May 4th, 1970, Ohio national guard opened fire on student protesters at Kent State University who had an objection to the United States involvement in Vietnam and Cambodia during the late 60’s and into the 70’s. After all the years since the…

This poster is made very simply, but the context behind the poster holds so much depth. In purple letters written diagonally, the poster reads, “AND WHEN IT’S YOUR CHILD?” In the bottom right corner is a mother with a dead child in her arms. The…

This piece of art represents the death of Kent State student, because of his strike for peace and not war. The technique used was silkscreen, using orange paper and black ink. The art was made by a Columbia anonymous group called the Columbia…

After the death of four protesting students on the Kent State campus, campuses across the country responded in anger and protest. A group of students from Columbia College decided to form the Columbia Collective. This group of students used their…

This poster was created with orange construction paper, an outline template and was silkscreened. This image itself has a lot of symbolic messages within itself. The American solider in front that is in combat has a soldier behind him and coming…

Two identical posters, yet contrasting in color, depict a skull and cross bones. This symbolizes the deaths of those students at Kent State and establishes a sort of memento mori. The top two bones read “Kent” and “Chicago” while the bottom two…

This poster was created with orange construction paper, an outline template and was silkscreened. This image itself has a lot of symbolic messages within itself. The American solider in front that is in combat has a soldier behind him and coming…

Kent State, Ohio May 4, 1970 was one of the most memorable moments in America’s History. In 1970 of April 30th an announcement was made that the American Military would be invading Cambodia. That unsettled protesters on campus and around the nation.…

On the poster is a simple white background with the world ‘STRIKE’ on it, each letter gets increasingly larger as if it’s exiting from being shouted through a megaphone. The letter E is the largest, and from it lists Vietnam, New Haven, Cambodia,…

This poster titled, Strike On!, was released to encourage people to continue using their voice in protest of the violence breaking out due to the Vietnam War and also the violence taking place back in the United States in the wake of the May 4, 1970…