May 4 Commemoration speaker series
Mitch Landrieu, the New Orleans mayor who oversaw the removal of the city’s prominent Confederate monuments and helped his city to recover and reemerge from a series of natural disasters, will speak at 91²Ö¿â as part of the university’s May 4 Speaker Series.
Mitch Landrieu, the New Orleans mayor who oversaw the removal of the city’s prominent Confederate monuments and helped his city to recover and reemerge from a series of natural disasters, will speak at 91²Ö¿â as part of the university’s May 4 Speaker Series.
On the morning of May 4, 1970, 91²Ö¿â student Howard Ruffner was hanging out in the office of the Daily 91²Ö¿âr in Taylor Hall when the phone rang.
The Midwest editor from Life magazine, based in Chicago, was calling to find out if there were any student photographers who had been taking photos over the weekend. 91²Ö¿â had been the scene of student protests for several days, and more demonstrations were expected that day.