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Kent State shootings spark month of campus unrest
By Bill Kemp. Published on August 5, 2018.
The Vietnam War, it’s been said, was fought on two fronts—in Southeast Asia and back home, especially on college campuses. ...
Notorious silent movie drew local protests
By Bill Kemp. Published on February 7, 2016.
The 1915 silent film “The Birth of a Nation” is acclaimed today as one of the greatest achievements in motion picture history. At the s...
Stevenson faced anti-U.N. mob in 1963
By Bill Kemp. Published on May 15, 2016.
On United Nations Day 1963, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Adlai E. Stevenson II didn’t come back to his hometown of Bloomington. Even so,...