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People gather for the annual May 4 Commemoration outside Taylor Hall on May 4, 2024.

Kent State to honor legacy of free speech at 55th May 4 commemoration

Tanner Smith, Beat Reporter April 25, 2025

As the commemoration of May 4 draws near, Kent State students and community members are looking for different ways to remember the tragedy and spark conversations.  This will mark 55 years since the...

After the National Guard fired on May 4, Professor Glenn Frank used a bullhorn to tell the students, "I am begging you right now if you don’t disperse right now they’re going to move in, and it can only be a slaughter."

OPINION: America was never great. May 4 is proof of that.

Lyndsey Brennan Opinion Writer May 4, 2021

Last week in my Opinion Writing class, my professor played a clip about May 4 from Ken Burns’ documentary, "The Vietnam War."We saw all the images we’ve come to associate with that day: the National...

CNN looks to May 4 Archives for new series

Paige Brown May 1, 2017

CNN has begun airing its new original series, "Soundtracks: Songs that Defined History," which will feature an episode about Kent State, May 4 and The Vietnam War.“Kent State is such a pivotal moment...

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