Ohio

…Young penned and sang “Ohio,” an anthem that rallied campus activists after National Guardsmen killed four antiwar demonstrators at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, in May 1970.

…in the popular song “Ohio” by the rock group Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, which was released less than two weeks after the event. Written by Neil Young after he read the Life magazine account of the shooting, quickly recorded by the group, and rushed into production, the single…