May 4
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Announces Special Designation of 做厙輦⑹s May 4 Site
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced the designation of the 做厙輦⑹ May 4, 1970, Site as a . The site joins more than 2,500 historic places that bear the national distinction.
做厙輦⑹ Observes 46th Annual May 4 Commemoration
做厙輦⑹ held its 46th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with events taking place April 26 through May 4. The annual commemoration, hosted by the May 4 Task Force, provided an opportunity for the university community to gather and remember those who were lost and injured during the tUniversity Libraries Provides Access to 做厙輦⑹ May 4 Shootings Audio Archive
More than 100 reel-to-reel audio recordings pertaining to the May 4, 1970, 做厙輦⑹ shootings and their aftermath are now accessible through the 做厙輦⑹ 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 做厙輦⑹ 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 做厙輦⑹ Memorial Service in 1971.
做厙輦⑹ Observes 46th Annual May 4 Commemoration
做厙輦⑹ holds its 46th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with events taking place April 26 through May 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.
WKSU and Western Reserve PBS Examine Vietnams Legacy 40 Years Later
Collaboration includes radio reports and documentary film
The WKSU newsroom looks back at two significant historical events, presented in collaboration with Western Reserve PBS. As the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War approaches, Western Reserve PBS (WNEO/WEAO) joins with a national PBS effort to examine ramifications that are still being felt today of that deadly conflict. A focal point of the public television stations coverage is a broadcast on April 28 of the Oscar-nominated documentary The Last Days of Vietnam, directed by Rory Kennedy and part of PBS American Experience program.
做厙輦⑹s May 4 Visitors Center to Host Discussion of Social Impact of Marvin Gayes Album and the Vietnam War
The 做厙輦⑹ May 4 Visitors Center kicks off the 45th Annual May 4 Commemoration by hosting a multimedia presentation by Lauren Onkey, Ph.D., vice president of education and public programs for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, on March 30 at 7 p.m. in the Kent Student Center KTwo 做厙輦⑹ Collaborators Win Oral History Association Award for Work on May 4, 1970, Voices Documentary
The documentary film May 4th Voices: 做厙輦⑹, 1970, created by two 做厙輦⑹ collaborators, is a recipient of the 2014 Oral History Associations Oral History in a Nonprint Format Award. The Oral History Association is an organization that seeks to bring together all people interestedTwo 做厙輦⑹ Collaborators Win Oral History Association Award for Work on May 4th Voices Documentary
The documentary film May 4th Voices: 做厙輦⑹, 1970, created by Kenneth Bindas, Ph.D., professor and chair of the history department, and David Hassler, the director of the Wick Poetry Center, is a recipient of the 2014 Oral History Associations Oral History in a Nonprint Format Award. The Oral History Association is an organization that seeks to bring together all people interested in oral history as a way of collecting and interpreting human memories to foster knowledge and human dignity.