Making Meaning of May 4th: The 1970 Kent State Shootings in US History
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330-672-0625
Kent State’s week-long summer workshops examine the Ohio National Guard shootings on May 4, 1970, that left four Kent State students dead and nine wounded. May 4, “the day the war came home,” changed public opinion about the Vietnam War; set precedent in the US Supreme Court; changed National Guard armament policy; helped lower the voting age to 18; impacted society and culture; and reminds us to practice and protect the First Amendment. Work with the best scholar-experts—including two survivors, two witnesses, and a guardsman there on May 4—to develop lesson plans for your students in all disciplines.
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Lecturers and Visiting Faculty
Lori Boes, Alan Canfora; Chic Canfora; Shannon Christen-Syed; Laura Davis; Cara Gilgenbach; Tom Grace; Todd Hawley; Bill Kist; Annette Kratcoski; Mike Levicky; Mwatabu Okantah; Mark Seeman; Ronald Snyder; Kabir Syed
Grantee Institution
Funded through the Landmarks of American History and Culture grant of the Division of Education Programs