May 4
Advancing the legacy of May 4, 1970, a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard fired on »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ 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 »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ shootings, shares personal reflections on singer David Crosby's ties to »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥.
Singer-songwriter David Crosby, who performed the iconic "Ohio" with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young following the events at »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ of May 4, 1970, passed away at the age of 81.
reports that a new movie inspired by the shootings at »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ 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 »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥â€™s Department of English, as the featured speaker.
»ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ 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 »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ students during an anti-war protest.
This year’s return of in-person events to commemorate the »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ shootings will include the dedication of bronze markers placed on the spots where nine students were wounded on May 4, 1970. Markers designating the locations of each of the four students killed were installed in 1999. Since that time, a small group had been working to have similar markers placed for the wounded students.