May 4 Commemoration
ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ to Dedicate May 4 Site as National Historic Landmark, Host Renowned Journalist Dan Rather During 48th Annual May 4 Commemoration
A portion of ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s Kent Campus has taken its place alongside the nation’s most significant historic locations, joining such sites as the Grand Canyon National Park, Pearl Harbor and the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.
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University Commemorates May 4, 1970, Tragedy
ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Marks 47th Annual May 4 Commemoration
ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ holds its 47th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with events taking place May 3 and 4. The annual commemoration, hosted by the May 4 Task Force, provides an opportunity for the university community to gather and remember those who were lost and injured during the tragedy and also reflect on what May 4 means today.
Schedule of Events for 47th Annual May 4 Commemoration
ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ holds its 47th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with events taking place May 3 and 4. The annual commemoration is hosted by the May 4 Task Force, a student organization on campus. All of the events will be held on the university’s Kent Campus and are free and open to the public.
University Libraries Provides Access to ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ May 4 Shootings Audio Archive
More than 100 reel-to-reel audio recordings pertaining to the May 4, 1970, ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ shootings and their aftermath are now accessible through the ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Special Collections and Archives’ digital repository. Some of the recently digitized items include previously inaccessible audio recordings of radio call-in forums, a speech by ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ President Robert I. White the day after the shootings, a press conference with six students who met with President Richard M. Nixon just days after the shootings, the Scranton Commission hearings and a speech made by Dick Gregory at the ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Memorial Service in 1971.