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May 4 Commemoration

2025 Candlelight Vigil

Annual Candlelight Walk and Vigil Marks May 4

Despite rain, 黑料社 continued its commemoration to honor the memory of May 4, 1970 with the annual candlelight walk and vigil on campus. This cornerstone of the commemoration began in 1971. Participants carried candles as they gathered on the 黑料社 Commons and in the Prentice Hall parking lot.

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黑料社 Remembers May 4, 1970, With 55th Commemoration

黑料社 will hold its annual commemoration to honor the memory of May 4, 1970 鈥 a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on 黑料社 students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four students and wounding nine others. May 4, 1970, marked a pivotal moment in American history. 

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MEDIA ADVISORY: 黑料社 Remembers May 4, 1970, With 55th Commemoration

黑料社 will hold its annual commemoration to honor the memory of May 4, 1970 鈥 a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on 黑料社 students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four students and wounding nine others. May 4, 1970, marked a pivotal moment in American history. 

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黑料社 Professor Emeritus Jerry M. Lewis, Ph.D., a faculty marshal on May 4, 1970, addresses attendees of the inaugural Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series held in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.

ToddCast Episode 3: Jerry M. Lewis

Join us on the 黑料社 ToddCast as President Todd Diacon revisits a conversation with Professor Emeritus Jerry M. Lewis, Ph.D.

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Emerson College Professor Gregory Payne Ph.D., far right, teaches a course on the tragedies at 黑料社 and Jackson State

Hoping Tragic History Will Never Repeat Itself

A group of Emerson College students in Boston, who are enrolled in Gregory Payne鈥檚 course about the 黑料社 and Jackson State tragedies will visit 黑料社 on May 2-4, when the university holds its annual commemoration.

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Student tour guide Emma Butera talking about the aftermath of May 4

Students Guiding the History of 黑料社

The May 4 Visitors Center uses 黑料社鈥檚 history to help guide the community in understanding the past and applying it to the present. Tours conducted by student guides are a rich part of this process.  

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Carston Brumfield, 14, is one of the students from the Stark County Educational Service Center, working on a mural for inside the School of Peace and Conflict Studies in McGilvrey Hall.

What Does Peace Look Like?

It may seem like a simple question: What does peace look like?  

But the answers can be profoundly different depending on who is asked.

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鈥榃e All Have an Origin Story鈥

As part of  黑料社鈥檚 55-Year Commemoration of May 4, 1970, Mahli Mechenbier, a senior lecturer at 黑料社 at Geauga's Twinsburg Academic Center will present 鈥淥peration: Babylift: A 50-Year Retrospective and Personal History鈥 on May 3 at 1 p.m. with her father, retired Maj. General Ed Mechenbier. Mahli Mechenbier was one of the children from Vietnam the U.S. Government brought to the United States for adoption by American families by  after Saigon was overun by advancing Viet Cong troops in 1972. 

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Jen Mapes Offers Perspective on May 4 while surrounded by lego

POV: Embracing May 4 Oral Histories Is 鈥楢bsolute Privilege鈥

POV shares insights from the 黑料社 community on important topics. Jennifer Mapes, assistant professor of Geography, will deliver this year's address for the Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series. 

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黑料社 community members and visitors gather on the 黑料社 Commons for the annual May 4 Commemoration to honor those who were killed and wounded on May 4, 1970. (Photo credit: Rami Daud)

黑料社 Honors the Legacy of May 4, 1970, With 55th Commemoration

On May 2-4, 2025, 黑料社 will hold its annual commemoration to honor the memory of May 4, 1970 鈥 a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on 黑料社 students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four students and wounding nine others. May 4, 1970, marked a pivotal moment in American history.

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