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May 4

Alan Canfora (left), one of the nine 窪蹋勛圖厙 students wounded on May 4, 1970, gives a tour of the historic May 4 site. Thomas Grace (right), who also was a student wounded on May 4, looks on while Canfora talks.

Members of the 窪蹋勛圖厙 community and people around the world will gather virtually for the 51st Commemoration of May 4, 1970, the day the Ohio National Guard fired on 窪蹋勛圖厙 students during an anti-war protest, killing four students and wounding nine other students.

Alan Canfora giving a tour on the May 4, 1970 shooting site

For 50 years, Alan Canfora was a tireless advocate for the four students killed and nine wounded on May 4, 1970.

How We Remember May 4th

Movie's screening to be followed by a virtual panel discussion about the impact and lessons of May 4, 1970.

Photo of B'nai B'rith Hillel Marker on May 4 site

In keeping with the commitment to honor and remember the events of May 4, 1970, 窪蹋勛圖厙 will hold a virtual May 4 51st Commemoration this year. The virtual commemoration will feature a video premiering at noon on Tuesday, May 4, that focuses on the nine wounded students: Alan Canfora, John Cleary, Thomas Grace, Dean Kahler, Joseph Lewis, Donald Mackenzie, James Russell, Robert Stamps and Douglas Wrentmore.

A woman places a flower through the bullet hole left in a sculpture on the 窪蹋勛圖厙 campus.

窪蹋勛圖厙 invites educators of students in grades 6-12 to apply by March 1 for its 2021 Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop, Making Meaning of May 4: The 1970 窪蹋勛圖厙 Shootings in U.S. History, which has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.

Alan Canfora

 Donations will benefit students in 窪蹋勛圖厙's Library Science program.

Alan Canfora

 Donations will benefit students in 窪蹋勛圖厙's Library Science program.

Alan Canfora giving a tour on the May 4, 1970 shooting site

Canfora was one of nine students wounded by Ohio National Guard soldiers during a peaceful protest. 

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Beginning Friday, May, visitors to the  will be able to view a variety of special videos, online exhibits and interactive tours, all designed to honor and remember Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder, the 窪蹋勛圖厙 students who lost their lives 50 years ago on the 窪蹋勛圖厙 campus.

button created by Jerry Casale - Kent Students Medical Fund

I had always been making art and music but the events of May 4th and beyond galvanized my creativity, infusing it with an existential anger and urgency that would otherwise not have happened. In short Devo and the idea of De-evolution as a manifesto would not exist without that defining historic trauma I experienced. - Jerry Casale