Selected Web Sites Related to Kent State Shootings

(sites outside of Special Collections and Archives)

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Alan Canfora's May 4 Web Site
Alan Canfora, one of the students shot and injured on May 4, 1970, has put together a website with a wide range of information sources, opinion, and commentary about the Kent State shootings and their aftermath.

Annual Symposium on Democracy
Website for the annual Kent State University Symposium on Democracy.

Bill Gordon's Web site
The personal Web site of the author of Four Dead in Ohio.

J. Gregory Payne's May 4 Archive
A site developed by J. Gregory Payne, Associate Professor of Organizational & Political Communication at Emerson College. Payne is the author of Mayday: Kent State, the play Kent State: A Requiem, and was historical consultant for the NBC-TV docu-drama Kent State. This site includes a wealth of historical information about the Kent State shootings as well as the full text of Payne's book Mayday.

Kent May 4 Center
As noted in their mission statement, The Kent May 4 Center is a non-profit "established in 1989 as an attempt to address national off-campus educational goals in support of the students of the May 4 Task Force." Alan Canfora serves voluntarily as director of the center. Especially notable sections of the site which students will benefit from are the quotations page, which includes a selection of quotes regarding the historical significance of May 4, 1970, the Vietnam section, which includes statistics and background from Vietnam Veterans Against the War, the FAQ, in which Canfora answers student questions, and the section on Nixon, which includes the text of his April 30, 1970 speech.

Kent State, May 4, 1970
Website launched by former student journalists who covered the day's events, with links to newspaper articles, FBI documents, photos, cartoons, videos, eye-witness accounts and more.

May 4th Task Force Home Page
The May 4th Task Force was founded by Kent State students and victims of the May 4 shootings. Alan Canfora, Robbie Stamps, and Dean Kahler were three of the charter members. The Task Force felt that the truth about what happened in May of 1970 had yet to be told and that the lessons to be learned from the tragedy should be part of a continuous and living history. Since 1975 it has been the purpose of the M4TF to raise the level of awareness of students, faculty and the general public about the May 1970 shootings and the history of subsequent related events.

Mike and Kendra's May 4, 1970 Web site
A general site that includes photographs, chronologies, and information on events related to the Kent State shootings.