May 4
Ƶ Ƶ Observes 46th Annual May 4 Commemoration
Ƶ held 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, provided an opportunity for the university community to gather and remember those who were lost and injured during the t…University Libraries Provides Access to Ƶ Ƶ May 4 Shootings Audio Archive
More than 100 reel-to-reel audio recordings pertaining to the May 4, 1970, Ƶ shootings and their aftermath are now accessible through the Ƶ 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 Ƶ Ƶ 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 Ƶ Ƶ Memorial Service in 1971.
WKSU and Western Reserve PBS Examine Vietnam’s Legacy 40 Years Later
Collaboration includes radio reports and documentary film
The WKSU newsroom looks back at two significant historical events, presented in collaboration with Western Reserve PBS. As the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War approaches, Western Reserve PBS (WNEO/WEAO) joins with a national PBS effort to examine ramifications that are still being felt today of that deadly conflict. A focal point of the public television station’s coverage is a broadcast on April 28 of the Oscar-nominated documentary The Last Days of Vietnam, directed by Rory Kennedy and part of PBS’ American Experience program.