Monday, May 3, 2010
Professor turns fear into change
May 4th inspired Dolores Knoll to lead gay rights movement at Kent State
by WKSU's AMANDA RABINOWITZ |
Morning Edition Host
Amanda Rabinowitz | | |
 | | Dr. Dolores Noll led the gay rights movement on Kent State University as an English professor after the May 4th, 1970 campus shootings. | | Courtesy of Fusion Magazine |
A Kent State University professor who protested along with students the day National Guardsmen opened fire, turned the tragedy into change. Dolores Knoll says the killing of four students 40 years ago this week marked the day she decided to embrace her sexuality and lead the gay rights movement on campus. |
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