Dr. Barry Lawrence, Director of the Industrial Distribution Program, discusses why NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) is important and its’ significance. Continue reading
A foot soldier in the Children’s Crusade movement for African American Civil Rights explains how she first got interested in becoming part of the movement as well as how she learned about the importance of keeping the demonstrations nonviolent with singing and prayer.
People who participated in the Children’s Crusade of 1963 give their firsthand accounts of what it was like on that day when they tried to lead a nonviolent march for the American civil rights movement’s Birmingham Campaign. They discuss their instructions to keep the demonstration nonviolent despite the police dogs, … Continue reading
Sarah Collins Rudolph gives her firsthand account of her survival of the Birmingham church bombing that the Ku Klux Klan were responsible for in 1963. The tragic event became a landmark moment in the Civil Rights efforts.
Kent State University professor Mark Seeman discusses why it is important for the historic landmark of KSU to be added to the National Register of Historic Places. Seeman explains that adding it to the list will not change what happened that day in 1970, but it will help us learn … Continue reading
A Kent State University alumni discusses May 4, 1970 as he was sitting in a finance class at the university and his peers were becoming victims of the Kent State shootings. The alumni, Patrick Mullin, remembers what happened as he heard the shots and saw the reactions of the people … Continue reading
Congressman Dennis Eckart reflects on where he was when the Kent State University Shootings occurred in 1970 and remembers asking himself how the government could do this and get away with it. Eckart discusses how close to home the shootings hit for him and his peers around him.
A Kent State University professor explains what happened during the shootings in 1970 as he tried to clear the protesting students for their own safety. The professor discusses not understanding why they fired the bullets as well as not expecting the protest to ever come to such a tragic end.
Two Kent State University professors give their first hand accounts of what it was like to be involved in the 1970 Kent State shootings. Their stories paint vivid pictures of what happened on that tragic day as well as how their parents reacted to their children in danger.
Residing Kent State University President Lester Lefton reminisces on where he was when the Kent State shootings of 1970 occurred. Lefton talks about how the events changed the scope of the war and the nation as well as what the event ultimately means for American history.
