Congressman John Lewis is the senior statesman in the House of Representatives (as well as Majority Whip). Here he gives a bit of the history he lived in a speech at Kent State University on the anniversary of the Kent State Shootings. Well worth a listen to understand John Lewis…
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For the best eye witness accounts of the Kent State shootings by various Kent students and national guardsmen who shot students, check out the Emmy Award winning documentary, “Kent State, The Day the War Cam Home.” It was just released on DVD for the 40th anniversary. In its review of the program, The Hollywood Reporter stated, “This extraordinary hour long doc is so good, so well constructed, that it can’t help but leave viewers feeling as if they themselves were on the bloody scene of the Kent State carnage…” for more go to kentstatedvd.com