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May 4 Commemoration

A student stands vigil on the spot where one of four students was shot on May 4, 1970.

University Commemorates May 4, 1970, Tragedy

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ held 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 …

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Kent Campus

A ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ student stands vigil at the spot where Allison Krause was shot on May 4, 1970. Krause and three other students were killed during the May 4, 1970, shootings by Ohio National Guardsmen on the ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ campus.

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. 

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May 4 Visitors Center

A ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ student stands vigil at the spot where Allison Krause was shot on May 4, 1970. Krause and three other students were killed during the May 4, 1970, shootings by Ohio National Guardsmen on the ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ campus.

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. 

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Kent Campus

A ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ student stands vigil at the spot where Allison Krause was shot on May 4, 1970.

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Observes 46th Annual May 4 Commemoration

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ held its 46th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with events taking place April 26 through May 4. The annual commemoration, hosted by the May 4 Task Force, provided an opportunity for the university community to gather and remember those who were lost and injured during the t…

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Kent Campus

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.

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Kent Campus

Photo from ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½'s May 4 Commemoration in 2015

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Observes 46th Annual May 4 Commemoration

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ holds its 46th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with events taking place April 26 through May 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.

 

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Kent Campus

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ faculty, staff, students and campus visitors gather on the ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Commons and Blanket Hill for the 45th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970.

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Marks 45th Annual May 4 Commemoration

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ held its 45th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with events April 30-May 4. The annual commemoration, hosted by the May 4 Task Force, provided an opportunity for the university community to gather and remember those who were lost and injured during the tragedy and also …

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Kent Campus

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s May 4 Visitors Center to Host Discussion of Social Impact of Marvin Gaye’s Album and the Vietnam War

The ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ May 4 Visitors Center kicks off the 45th Annual May 4 Commemoration by hosting a multimedia presentation by Lauren Onkey, Ph.D., vice president of education and public programs for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, on March 30 at 7 p.m. in the Kent Student Center K…

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Kent Campus

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Commemorates May 4, Dedicates May 4 Visitors Center

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ held its 43rd annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with events taking place May 2-5, 2013. The annual commemoration provides an avenue for the university community to come together to remember those lost and injured during the tragedy and also to reflect on the meaning of May 4…

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May 4 Newsroom

Commemorating May 4

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ held its 44th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with events that took place May 3 and 4. The annual commemoration, hosted by the May 4 Task Force, provided an opportunity for the university community to gather and remember those who were lost and injured during the tragedy a…

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Kent Campus