1970年，俄亥俄州的肯特州立大學校園內，正進行一場反越戰的抗議示威，期間國民警衛隊開槍射殺四名大學生，警察的粗暴鎮壓令人震驚。數星期之後，Neil Young將他的滿腔義憤灌注於一首名為「俄亥俄」的歌曲，這首激盪人心的歌曲很快便得到發行，並在電台上播放。

越戰期間，大量湧現受政治催生的流行音樂，這可能是美國史上抗議歌曲最沸騰的時代。Buffalo Springfield、Phil Ochs和Edwin Starr的歌曲宣揚反戰的訊息，同時又為戰場上的士兵奏起軍旅生涯的配樂。歌者用音樂抗議政府的舉措，以行使美國公民的基本權利。步入抗議浪潮日益高漲的時代，音樂如何在社會進程上扮演不可或缺的角色，是值得我們探討的主題。

雙語廣播：粵語/英語 (電視版)

播放頻道：	港台電視31、31A
播出時間：	(首播)	2017年9月19日 星期二 晚上9時30分
	(重溫)	2017年9月20日 星期三 凌晨12時30分
		2017年9月20日 星期三 上午10時正

Kent State and Vietnam War

In a truly unimaginable act of police brutality, national guardsmen shot and killed four college students during an anti-Vietnam war protest on the Kent State University campus in Ohio in 1970. Just weeks later, Neil Young channeled his rage into a haunting song called “Ohio”, which was released and played on the radio almost immediately.

Perhaps no other era in American history saw such an intense outpouring of politically driven popular music as the years around the Vietnam War. Songs from Buffalo Springfield, Phil Ochs, and Edwin Starr were explicit in their anti-war messaging while also providing a soundtrack for soldiers in the battlefield. These artists were exercising their fundamental American right to protest government actions, and in a newly ascendant age of protest it is worth exploring the vital role that music can play in society.

Bilingual: Cantonese/ Englsih (TV Version)

Channel：	RTHK 31 & 31A
Time：	(First run)	2017.9.19 Tue 9:30pm
	(Re-run)	2017.9.20 Wed 12:30am
		2017.9.20 Wed 10:00am