Virtual Candlelight Vigil

Now - May 4th
Information about the virtual candlelight vigil and how you can participate to show your support for those killed on May 4, 1970.

50th Annual Commemoration

May 4, 2020. Noon EDT
View a special virtual May 4 Commemoration that honors and remembers those who lost their lives on May 4, 1970, and recounts the events of that day. 

May 4 Virtual Web Apps

Explore two new May 4 web applications: the Augmented Reality app and the Mapping May 4 app. Both allow users to explore events surrounding May 4, 1970, and also use recorded oral histories to further tell the story of that day.

 

“May 4 Voices” Radio Play

Listen online to the new production of the “May 4 Voices” radio play featuring Tina Fey, Joe Gunderman, Ron West and many others.

Kent State Students & Nixon: Don Grant Interview

Two days after May 4, 1970, Don Grant and five other Kent State students went to Washington, D.C., and met with President Richard Nixon. Watch a video interview/oral history with Grant conducted by the Richard Nixon Foundation.

Kent State Shootings Oral History Project

Since the Oral History Project's founding by Sandra Perlman Halem for the 20th Commemoration of May 4 in 1990, Kent State's Special Collections & Archives has recorded, permanently archived and provided access to audio recordings of people's stories about the Kent State shootings and their aftermath. 

May 4 Research Study

Researchers at Kent State's Department of Psychological Sciences are very interested in your thoughts, feelings and reactions concerning the events of May 4, 1970. This is open to individuals who were 13 years of age or older in 1970. All responses are confidential.