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Leaders of the Louisiana House of Representatives on Wednesday withdrew a proposal to merge Southern University at New Orleans and the University of New Orleans, The Times-Picayune reported. The measure apparently lacked the two-thirds support needed to pass. The proposal -- strongly backed by Governor Bobby Jindal -- has been strongly opposed by advocates of historically black Southern.

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A black-and-white image of members of the National Guard firing tear gas at student protestors at Kent State University on May 4, 1970.
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The Long Shadow of May 4, 1970

The lessons of Kent State should not go unremembered, Todd Diacon writes.

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