Episode One: Scene Setting
Kent State moves from the optimism and opportunity of 1960s higher education to become a turning point for the nation with the tragedy of May 4, 1970.
Activist Chic Canfora shares perspectives as a young woman of the 1960s, and we compare experiences with two students of a half-century later.
Featuring historical audio from before and after the shootings, and Canfora’s touching thoughts on the impact of May 4.
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Show Notes
- Maintaining Kent State’s Daffodil Hill
- Brinsley Tyrell, creator of Daffodil Hill
- Kent State’s May 4 Visitors Center and National Historic Landmark
- Chic Canfora, 2020 cleveland.com Feature
- Chic and Alan Canfora in 2020
- Don Marie Reid Profile
- About Sophia Swengel
- Gov. James Rhodes Press Conference in Kent, May 3, 1970
- Kent State President Robert White News Conference, May 5, 1970
- Raw Tape, Edited Actualities, May 4-7, 1970