May 4 Commemoration
More than 100 reel-to-reel audio recordings pertaining to the May 4, 1970, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ shootings and their aftermath are now accessible through the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Special Collections and Archives’ digital repository. Some of the recently digitized items include previously inaccessible audio recordings of radio call-in forums, a speech by °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ President Robert I. White the day after the shootings, a press conference with six students who met with President Richard M. Nixon just days after the shootings, the Scranton Commission hearings and a speech made by Dick Gregory at the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Memorial Service in 1971.
![Photo from °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's May 4 Commemoration in 2015 Photo from °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's May 4 Commemoration in 2015](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/file/04.26.16%20Photo%20from%20Kent%20State%27s%20May%204%20Commemoration%20in%202015.jpg?VersionId=59hSkFyfR5Xi2aN0EXHw.8V2PSb6GtZO&h=f2af414c&itok=NoUef6aB)
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ holds its 46th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with events taking place April 26 through May 4. The annual commemoration, hosted by the May 4 Task Force, provides an opportunity for the university community to gather and remember those who were lost and injured during the tragedy and also reflect on what May 4 means today.
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