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Inspiring Activism: Past, Present, and Future

Several esteemed speakers will talk about the roots of their activism, with each representing a time period. The goal is to relate how May 4th inspires activism to various other causes and time

Constructed Answer

A contemporary metals exhibition curated in response to a Commemorative Medallion made by Philadelphia College of Art students in honor of the students who perished at Kent State on May 4, 1970. Learn More About Constructed Answer

Mitch Landrieu, Former Mayor of New Orleans

Mitch Landrieu, the New Orleans mayor who oversaw the removal of the city’s prominent Confederate monuments and helped his city to recover and reemerge from a series of natural disasters, will speak at Kent State as part of the university’s May 4 Speaker Series. Landrieu’s 2017 speech, delivered …

A Reader’s Theatre production of the play, May 4 Voices: Kent State, 1970

Occurring Saturday evening, October 26, 2019, as part of the Kent State conference: “Commemorating Violent Conflicts and Building Sustainable Peace”   The play is free and open to the public.   LOCATION: Ballroom of the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center &nbsp…

When Government Kills: State Violence and Youth Movements

  Occurring Friday evening, October 25, 2019, 7:30 – 9:30 pm as part of the Kent State conference: “Commemorating Violent Conflicts and Building Sustainable Peace”   LOCATION: The ballroom of the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center.   FREE & OPEN TO TH…

27th Kent State Philosophy Graduate Student Conference in Remembrance of May 4

The Kent State University Philosophy Department has held a Philosophy Graduate Student Conference every year in memory of the events of May 4, 1970, since the inauguration of our graduate program in 1992–1993. The conference is open to all areas of philosophy, and conference participants come to …

HAIR (The Musical)

Kent State University’s School of Theatre and Dance continues its 2019-2020 season with the iconic Tony Award-winning tribal rock musical "Hair." The production runs Nov. 1-10, 2019 in E. Turner Stump Theatre, located in the Center for the Performing Arts, 1325 Theatre Drive, Kent, OH 44242. For …

Stark Campus: Placing May 4th in Historical Context

This Stark Campus presentation will detail the events leading up and surrounding May 4th as well as the reactions and responses. Time will also be spent talking about the importance and relevancy today. Presented by Dr. Leslie Heaphy, associate professor of history. Tickets not required.

Stark Campus: Jackson State, Kent State, and the Civil Rights Movement

This program discusses how the shootings at Kent State University on May 4, 1970, and Jackson State, where students from both institutions were shot and killed, fit within the larger societal issues of race and violence against protestors at that time. This event also explores the establishment of B…

Making Meaning of May 4: The Kent State Shootings in American History

This course will provide fact-based information about the events leading up to, during and in the aftermath of the May 4, 1970 shootings. Participants are encouraged to draw their own conclusions from the facts as they participate in the discussion of the class materials. Guest discussant Prof…