Produced by Lawrence Reichard of WERU

As Monday, April 22nd, marked the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover, Republican Senators Tom Cotton and Josh Hawley called for the National Guard to be sent to Columbia University.

This was in response to pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the Columbia campus as well as other campuses around the country, protesting Israel’s bombing of Gaza.

Protests on college campuses have a long history in the U.S. As we approach May 4th, the anniversary of the infamous Kent State killings in 1970, when the National Guard was brought in to quell protests on a college campus, we bring you a re-broadcast of Lawrence Reichard’s Sprouts show, Kent State Remembered. 

CC Photograph of Kent State shootings