Amoaba Gooden
Amoaba Gooden is the current chair and an associate professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies at Kent State University. She is currently working on an oral history project that documents the voices of black students at Kent State during the late 1960s and the early 1970s.
Laura Davis
Laura Davis, who witnessed the Kent State shootings, is a professor emeritus of English at Kent State University and co-creator and founding director of the May 4 Visitors Center. Her additional work to promote understanding of May 4th history includes books, appearances in documentaries, teaching hundreds of students and leading the process to have the site preserved as a National Historic Landmark.