24 Tragic Photos of the Kent State Shootings, 1970

On May 4, 1970, at Ohio’s Kent State University, four American citizens were murdered by their own government. A line of 29 men of the Ohio National Guard marched up before a group of unarmed protesters and opened fire, killing four and wounding nine others. It’s an episode now burned into history as the KentContinue reading “24 Tragic Photos of the Kent State Shootings, 1970”

17 Groovy Photos of High School Fashions in 1969

In 1969, photographer Arthur Schatz went to a California high school to do a photo-essay for LIFE magazine on an emerging trend in fashion. The results seemed to find the youth of the time developing an identity for their generation. In contrast to the popular fashions and styles of certain decades — the Gibson GirlContinue reading “17 Groovy Photos of High School Fashions in 1969”