National News Articles
Below are links to various news articles that discuss various aspects of the history of May 4, 1970, the 50th commemoration or the lessons and legacy of May 4, 1970.
- Kent State and the War That Never Ended
-The New Yorker - Kent State 50th Commemoration Event Canceled in Response to COVID-19 Virus
-Rolling Stone - Jane Fonda to speak at Kent State for massacre commemoration
-New York Daily News - Kent State's lessons resonate today
-The Florida Times - Pine man to help commemorate the 50th anniversary of Kent State shootings
-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Survivor of Kent State shootings emphasizes relevance as campus kicks off year of anniversary events
- Akron Beacon Journal - Four Dead in Ohio: How the Kent State Shooting Changed Music History
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - On the 50th Anniversary, America's Still Not Fully Recovered from the Wounds of Kent State
- Philadelphia Inquirer - Fragments of May 4 from the Ashes of the ROTC Building
- - WKSU (Kent)
- New App Takes You Back in Time to Kent State Shooting
- WKYC-TV (Cleveland) - Alan Canfora recalls events of May 4, 1970
- Record-Courier - A look forward at events during the 50th commemoration of May 4
- The Kent Stater/KentWired.com - Sara Hume - Culture/Counterculture & Wearing Justice
- WKYC-TV (Cleveland) - Kent State to offer free community course about May 4, 1970 shootings
- Cleveland.com - @KSUVoices1970 social media pages bring students closer to May 4
- The Kent Stater/KentWired.com - Nearly 50 years later, a woman has dedicated her life to remembering the Kent State shooting
- WEWS-TV (Cleveland) - 1970 Kent State Photographs
- C-SPAN - May 4th to Hit a Milestone at Kent State
- WCPN-FM (Cleveland) - Augmented reality will transport users to time and place of Kent State shooting on May 4, 1970
- WEWS-TV (Cleveland) - Joe Walsh, David Crosby to headline benefit concert marking 50th anniversary of Kent State shootings
- Newsday - David Crosby, Joe Walsh to hold Kent State benefit concert
- UPI - Editor Looks Back On Covering The Kent State Shooting
- “Here & Now” - Pandemic shouldn't dim memory of Kent State
- Santa Fe New Mexican - Kent State cancels May 4 50th Commemoration
- Record-Courier - Kent State University cancels May 4 50th Commemoration weekend events
- WKYC-TV (Cleveland) - Kent State to hold online activities for 50th commemoration of May 4, 1970
- Cleveland.com - Kent State University's 50th commemoration of 1970 shootings to be held online
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Fragments of May 4: The Power of So Many Flowers
- WKSU (Kent) - How Mental Health Care Has Changed 50 Years After Kent State Shootings
- WCPN-FM (Cleveland) - Remember, reflect, renew: Kent State prepares for yearlong 50th Commemoration
- Record-Courier - Legendary reporter Bob Woodward addresses 5,000 at Kent State May 4 commemoration
- Akron Beacon Journal - National foundation funds grant to preserve audio and audiovisual recordings contained in Kent State University’s May 4 Collection
- Kent State Today - Kent State’s May 4 Visitors Center Celebrates Life With “Bill: An All-American Boy” Exhibition
- Kent State Today - May 4 Course Takes Students On Journey Through History
- Kent State Today - The Music in My Head "Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's Ohio"
- Chapelboro.com - The Kent States You Didn't Know About
- CNN - Professor reflects on Pulitzer-winning picture
- The Signal (College of New Jersey student newspaper) - Kent State trustees embrace wider role in preserving May 4 shootings legacy
- Akron Beacon Journal - May 4th witnesses discuss activism with Kent State students
- Kentwired.com - The Kent State May Visitors Center
- FOX8 (WJW-TV) - We Are Drowning in a Devolved World: An Open Letter from Devo
- Vice.com - Kent State University's Black United Students Celebrate 50 years
- Kentwired.com - In Advance of Kent Stage Concert, David Crosby Explains Why We Need More Protest Songs
- Cleveland Scene -
Planning for 50th May 4 commemoration begins
- Record-Courier