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Mass rally in Boston protests war and Kent State deaths
More than 15,000 students gathered at the Massachusetts State House steps in Boston to protest the Vietnam War and domestic repression. Gov. Sargent ordered the flag lowered to half staff for Kent State victims as Mitchell Goodman urged civil disobedience and lawmakers urged constitutional limits on U.S. policy.
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Southeast Asia
Francis W. Sargent
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Kent State University
Mitchell Goodman
Benjamin Spock
State House
John Wells
Lexington
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