Kent State will honor the memory of May 4, 1970 with three days of programming reflecting on the legacy of the day the Ohio National Guard opened fire on student protesters, killing four students and injuring nine others.
The program will open at 11:30 a.m. May 2 with the Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon. This year’s lecture will feature Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D. presenting “It Was Time for Me to Go Home”: Sense of Place and Belonging in Kent (May 1-4, 1970). This event will also be livestreamed.
Author David Paul Kuhn will discuss his book “The Hardhat Riot: Nixon, New York City and the Dawn of the White Working-Class Revolution” at 3 p.m. the Kent Student Center Kiva.
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