Bill Arthrell, a witness to the May 4, 1970 shootings at Kent State, digs a hole in order to bury a copy of the Constitution in front of the Victory Bell on the 50th anniversary. Arthrell gave an impassioned...
A Kent State police sergeant winds yellow rope that was used to cordon off the immediate area around the Victory Bell on the Commons at Kent State University. Jerry Lewis, an emeritus professor of sociology...
A yellow rope is lifted out of the way so the candles representing the four students killed on May 4, 1970, can be carried to the Victory Bell on the Commons at Kent State. Jerry Lewis, an emeritus professor...
As Kent State University works to remember May 4 and the lives lost, Students of a Democratic Society [SDS] works toward not only remembering what happened 50 years ago, but the student activism that was...
Each year, the night before May 4, there is a candlelight vigil for the students killed in the Prentice Hall parking lot in 1970. While the university canceled the event this year due to COVID-19, people...
Despite the coronavirus and the cancellation of the originally scheduled events for the May 4, 1970 50th Commemoration at Kent State University, a small group still followed tradition and showed up in...
A sign that says “Remember Cambodia” hangs on the tree above the 1971 memorial to the four students killed by Ohio National Guardsmen on the Kent State campus May 4, 1970. In the background are the...
Candlelight marchers make their way east on Main St. on the edge of the Kent State campus as they commemorate the 50th anniversary of the May 4, 1970 shootings. The coronavirus forced the university to...
A small group of marchers walk by lantern and candlelight as they make their way across the Commons at Kent State University on May 3, 2020, to remember the shootings on May 4, 1970. The coronavirus forced...
Avalyn Lund-Goldstein (right) holds their candle on the Commons at Kent State as a small group of marchers prepare to walk across the campus on May 3, 2020. The coronavirus forced the university to move...
Avalyn Lund-Goldstein stands vigil inside the memorial space where Sandra Scheuer was shot in the Prentice Hall parking lot by Ohio National Guardsmen at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. The coronavirus...
A person holds vigil in the Prentice Hall parking lot as they sit where William Schroeder was shot during protests on the Kent State University campus May 4, 1970. The coronavirus forced the university...
