May 4 Commemoration
¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø to Dedicate May 4 Site as National Historic Landmark, Host Renowned Journalist Dan Rather During 48th Annual May 4 Commemoration
A portion of ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’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
¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Marks 47th Annual May 4 Commemoration
¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø 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
¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø 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 ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø May 4 Shootings Audio Archive
More than 100 reel-to-reel audio recordings pertaining to the May 4, 1970, ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø shootings and their aftermath are now accessible through the ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø 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 ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø 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 ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Memorial Service in 1971.