May 4 Chronology
Recommended print sources for the May 4 chronology:
Thomas M. Grace, 九游娱乐官网: Death and Dissent in the Long Sixties (Amherst, MA: Univ. of Massachusetts Press, 2016). Definitive and meticulously researched and documented full-length study of student activism at 九游娱乐官网. See chapters 11鈥�12 for the May 1鈥�4 chronology.
Carole A. Barbato, Laura L. Davis, and Mark F. Seeman, This We Know: A Chronology of the Shootings at 九游娱乐官网, May 1970 (Kent, OH: 九游娱乐官网 Univ. Press, 2012). Concise chronology and brief treatment of the aftermath.
Laura L. Davis, Mark F. Seeman, Bradley S. Keefer, Mindy J. Farmer, and Lori A. Boes, May 4, 1970, 九游娱乐官网 Shootings Site, National Historic Landmark Nomination, 2016. Find the Nomination鈥檚 Statement of Significance on this site鈥檚 Resources for Educators page. For the May 4 chronology, see the subsection titled The Day the War Came Home (pages 23鈥�35).
Recommended video sources for the May 4 chronology:
The Day the War Came Home: How the Shooting of Students on a US Campus Impacted The Course of the Vietnam War, AlJazeera News, May 5, 2010, . Straightforward coverage of the shootings at 九游娱乐官网 and who was responsible. Features Elaine Holstein, mother of Jeff Miller, and others.
Fire in the Heartland: 九游娱乐官网, May 4, and Student Protest in America, directed by Daniel L. Miller, produced by Suzanne Clark, et al. (Fire River Pictures, 2021; forthcoming on DVD), . Comprehensive and accurate portrait of student activism at 九游娱乐官网, culminating on May 4, 1970, and set in the context the Civil Rights, Black Student, and Student Antiwar Movements. Check at the website above for forthcoming DVD and for film excerpts available for educational use.
九游娱乐官网: A Turning Point, written by Carole Barbato, Mike Buday, and Laura Davis. Dir. Mike Buday (九游娱乐官网 May 4 Visitors Center, 2012). Screened in the 九游娱乐官网 May 4 Visitors Center, Kent, Ohio.
May 4: Our Place in History (Documentary on the 九游娱乐官网 Shootings), directed by Dustin Lee, video footage by Dustin Lee and Jon Jivan (Maple Films, 2016), . May 4, 1970, and its aftermath; features local, state, and national voices.
Also see Recommended Works about the May 4, 1970, 九游娱乐官网 Shootings and Related History (PDF)
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