May 4
Since it first opened 10 years ago, the mission of the May 4 Visitors Center has continued to evolve.
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 Â鶹ÊÓƵ 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 Â鶹ÊÓƵ shootings, shares personal reflections on singer David Crosby's ties to Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
Singer-songwriter David Crosby, who performed the iconic "Ohio" with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young following the events at Â鶹ÊÓƵ of May 4, 1970, passed away at the age of 81.
reports that a new movie inspired by the shootings at Â鶹ÊÓƵ 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 Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Department of English, as the featured speaker.