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“This Is Not What It Sounds Like On TV:” Carol Mirman on the 1970 Kent State Shootings - http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6912/ An eyewitness describes her experience at Kent State in 1970. Text and audio.

A Long Island Student Dies at Kent State - http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs823b,0,7550916.story?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation 1998 Newsday newspaper article from Jeffrey Miller's hometown in Long Island, NY, Jeff Miller's mother recalls her son. Includes photos.

Alan Canfora - Kent State casualty/eyewitness: May 4, 1970 - http://alancanfora.com/ description of tragedy, book recommendations and links offered by the Director of the Kent May 4 Center.

Chronicle of Higher Education Archives - May 4, 1970 - http://chronicle.com/free/v04/i31/31a00101.htm "A Week of Tragedy: Disorders Flare, 4 Students Die As U.S. Action in Cambodia Inflames Many Campuses".

Dean Kahler -- Kent State casualty/eyewitness: May 4, 1970 - http://woub.org/intouch/Dean_Kahler/dean_kahler.html Thirty years after being shot at Kent State, Dean Kahler talks about the events leading up to that fateful moment in American history and his life since then. [26:25 streaming video broadcast]

Democracy Now! - Four Dead in Ohio: 35th Anniversary of Kent State Shootings - http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/04/1342257 Includes streaming audio and video from film documentary, "Kent State: The Day the War Came Home". 1970 news coverage, interviews with eyewitnesses and participants.

Digital Journalist - Howard Ruffner - http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0005/hrintro.htm Howard Ruffner, a KSU student photographer, captured some of the best May 4, 1970, photos. His interview, text and RealAudio, is followed by 10 pages of photographs.

FBI investigation of the Kent State anti-war students' revolt, May 1-2, 1970 - http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/kentstat.htm Over 1100 scanned pages of FBI file materials released as part of the Freedom of Information Act. General focus upon May 1-2, 1970 student rebellion instead of May 4 shooting incident.

Find A Grave - Kent State Victims - http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=pr&FSctf=241 Final resting places of the four students killed by bullets fired by Ohio National Guard troops at Kent State University on May 4, 1970.

History Channel - Eyewitness/photographer 1970 student gives account of Kent State incident - http://www.history.com/video.do?name=americanhistory&bcpid=1676043206&bclid=1729364827&bctid=1626107848 1:09 streaming audio broadcast.

Howard Ruffner - 1970 Kent State student journalist photographs - http://picasaweb.google.com/hruffner/KentStateUniversityMay141970 Approximately 200 uncropped photographs by noted 1970 Kent State University journalism student-photographer. May 1-4, 1970, photos with captions, images before and after tragedy.

Kent May 4 Center - http://may4.org/ Non-profit educational organization providing detailed information about the events surrounding the Kent State shootings.

Kent State and Jackson State tragedies of 1970. - http://www2.kenyon.edu/Khistory/60s/welcome.htm Kent State and Jackson State 1970 tragedies featured with good brief description and photos. Focus upon victims killed and injured.

Kent State Rifle photo/info: Smithsonian Museum of American History - http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/collection/object.asp?ID=659 Actual M-1 rifle used by Ohio National Guard at Kent State University on May 4, 1970: includes photo, dimensions, weight and history.

Kent State shootings remembered - http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/05/04/kent.state.revisit/ CNN coverage and analysis of the anniversary 30 years later.

Kent State Shootings: May 4, 1970 - http://kent.state.tripod.com/ Launched by former student journalists who covered the days events, with links to newspaper articles, FBI documents, photos, cartoons, videos, and other archived resources.

Kent State Student Killings: 1970-1979 legal/courtroom aftermath - http://law.jrank.org/pages/7983/Kent-State-Student-Killings.html A good, concise summary of 1970-1979 legal aftermath following the 1970 Kent State tragedy.

Kent State Tape Is Said to Reveal Orders - New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/02/us/02kent.html?ex=1179806400&en=703c91b32ef26e3b&ei=5070 If confirmed as authentic, the recording could solve the central mystery of the shootings at Kent State University in 1970.

Kent State University, May 4 Collection - http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/4may70/ The definitive source of information on the shooting of students at Kent State University on May 4, 1970.

Kent State, 1970: Richard Zitrin, journalist, student eyewitness. - http://virtualtrials.com/news3.cfm?item=78&showtext=y Accurate description of 1970 events by a former KSU student who is now a respected journalist.

May 4 Archive - http://may4archive.org Text of J. Gregory Payne's MayDay, including chronology, related primary documents, and accounts of the victims with insights from family, friends and personal writings. Panel discussion and author's account of dramatic license vs. historical accuracy in NBC's "Kent State."

Mike and Kendra's May 4, 1970 Web Site - http://www.may41970.com/ Contains history of events at Kent State in May of 1970, a resource page, and links to related web sites.

My son was killed 30 years ago at Kent State, by Elaine Holstein - http://www.commondreams.org/views/050400-102.htm From Progressive Magazine, 2000, the mother of Jeffrey Miller describes her view of the life and death of her son at Kent State in 1970.

New York Times - 4 Kent State Students Killed by Troops - http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0504.html Article and copy of NYT front page, May 5, 1970.

New York Times newspaper articles re: Cambodia, Kent State, May of 1970. - http://www.vialarp.org/tinsoldiers/tinbackground.htm Various 1970 New York Times newspaper articles describe the national crisis after the US invasion of Cambodia, the Kent State tragedy and the national reaction.

Ohiolink.edu: Kent State 1970 photographs and documents - http://omp.ohiolink.edu/OMP/YourScrapbook?scrapid=16045 A "scrapbook" collection of relevant photographs and documents revealing the wider historical context of 1970 Kent State tragedy of May 4, 1970.

The Burr - 30th Anniversary of Kent State Tragedy - http://burr.kent.edu/archives/may4/ Includes all material from the May 4 issue published in Spring 2000, as well as the 1990 and 1995 Burr's May 4 sections in archives section. Also, there are online-only articles and photographs.

The Burr (magazine published by Kent State University journalism students) - May 4 Issue- Table of Contents - http://www.burr.kent.edu/archives/may4/contents.html Numerous informative, unique articles, photographs and assorted information published at KSU in 2000, 1995 & 1990.

The Digital Journalist - Bitter Passage: Kent State and the Fall of Saigon - http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0005/bpintro.htm Photos, oral histories and video interviews.

The Digital Journalist - The Picture from Kent State - http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0005/filo.htm John Filo was a Kent State University student when he captured the top news photo of 1970: a girl screaming over the dead body of Jeffrey Miller who was killed by the national guard. Filo tells his story online.

TIME Magazine: At War with War - http://cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/analysis/back.time/9605/20/ An article concerning the Kent State tragedy of May 4, 1970, and the national crisis after the U.S. military invasion of Cambodia from Vietnam.

Tom Grace, Kent State casualty/eyewitness, May 4, 1970 - http://web.mala.bc.ca/davies/H323Vietnam/Grace_Kent_State.1970.htm Excerpts from the book From Camelot to Kent State featuring observations of student Tom Grace who was shot through his left foot.

WKSU News Feature: Remembering Kent State, 1970 (RealAudio) - http://www.wksu.org/news/features/may4th/ "...focuses on the sounds of May 4th. Eyewitness accounts combined with historic audio take the listener directly to the scene...Eyewitnesses tell the story."

WKSU News: Newly-Enhanced Audio Tape May Reveal Order to Fire on Kent State Students - http://www.wksu.org/news/story/20800 2007 news may prove 1970 Ohio National Guard verbal command to shoot unarmed Kent State students. Includes audio of newly-revealed evidence.

Yale Daily News - Library’s recording may clarify Kent State killings - http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/21063 An audiocassette that has sat in a Yale library for nearly two decades may hold the evidence explaining why Ohio National Guard troops shot into a crowd of war protesters at Kent State University in 1970.

YouTube - Kent State shootings - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drb4VUP6YLc Kent State 1970 video documentary by a young student participating in National History Day with focus upon tragedy and impact.

YouTube - May 4, 1970 : images and taped commands to shoot, Kent State in 1970 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9cKNAvF-7Y&feature=channel_page Artistic watercolor images portray 13 seconds, May 4, 1970, including taped sounds of commands to shoot unarmed Kent State University students.

YouTube - The Kent State Massacre song by Ryan Harvey of riotfolk.org - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkejULqgBgg This folk song, based upon a Woody Guthrie tune about the Ludlow Massacre, features accurate lyrics matched with 1970 Kent State photographs.

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