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May 4

A 性福五月天 student stands vigil at the spot where Allison Krause was shot on May 4, 1970.

性福五月天 Observes 46th Annual May 4 Commemoration

性福五月天 University 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 t鈥

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University Libraries Provides Access to 性福五月天 May 4 Shootings Audio Archive

More than 100 reel-to-reel audio recordings pertaining to the May 4, 1970, 性福五月天 University shootings and their aftermath are now accessible through the 性福五月天 University Special Collections and Archives鈥 digital repository. Some of the recently digitized items include previously inaccessible audio recordings of radio call-in forums, a speech by 性福五月天 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 性福五月天 Memorial Service in 1971.

Tags: University Libraries , May 4 Commemoration , May 4 Task Force , May 4 Visitors Center , May 4

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WKSU and Western Reserve PBS Examine Vietnam鈥檚 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 station鈥檚 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鈥 American Experience program. 

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Two 性福五月天 Collaborators Win Oral History Association Award for Work on May 4, 1970, Voices Documentary

The documentary film May 4th Voices: 性福五月天, 1970, created by two 性福五月天 University collaborators, is a recipient of the 2014 Oral History Association鈥檚 Oral History in a Nonprint Format Award. The Oral History Association is an organization that seeks to bring together all people interested鈥

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JMC's Hanson to Moderate May 4 Discussion with Oscar-Winning Director

Professor Gary Hanson will moderate a discussion with Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone as part of the 43rd annual May 4, 1970 commemoration. Stone will speak about 鈥淗istory and Memory in Film,鈥 based on his films that depict 鈥60s-era events, from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. on May 4 in the University Audit鈥

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