May 4
Slowly, the Kent Campus is seeing its greenery return.
Advancing the legacy of May 4, 1970, a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard fired on 91²Ö¿â students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four students, wounding nine students and forever changing the lives of countless others, the university will hold its annual commemoration on May 3-4.
Professor Emeritus Laura Davis, co-creator of the May 4 Walking Tour and May 4 Visitors Center, and a witness to the 1970 91²Ö¿â shootings, shares personal reflections on singer David Crosby's ties to 91²Ö¿â.
Singer-songwriter David Crosby, who performed the iconic "Ohio" with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young following the events at 91²Ö¿â of May 4, 1970, passed away at the age of 81.
reports that a new movie inspired by the shootings at 91²Ö¿â on May 4, 1970, is in the works and will be released next year.
Daffodil Hill became a part of the May 4 Memorial that brought both sides together, but groundskeepers struggle to keep it thriving now.
The inaugural Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon took place May 2 at the Kent Student Center Ballroom with Tammy Clewell, Ph.D., professor in 91²Ö¿â’s Department of English, as the featured speaker.
91²Ö¿â has scheduled a variety of programs, events and exhibits for this year’s remembrance of May 4, 1970, to honor the four students who were killed, the nine students who were wounded and the countless others whose lives were forever changed when the Ohio National Guard fired on 91²Ö¿â students during an anti-war protest.