May 4 1970

The author and journalist covered the Cleveland area for six decades.

Prof. Glenn Frank saved countless lives on that day in 1970.

Bob Pickett was vice president of the Black United Students at Kent State. Bill Arthrell led anti-war efforts.

Bill Arthrell was at the 1970 protests and discusses that same spirit in his book "Ukrainian Heart."

The Kent State University shooting survivor died earlier this month at the age of 71.

Fifty years after he was shot by Ohio National Guardsmen at Kent State University, Alan Canfora has died at 71. Maybe more than any one person, Canfora kept alive the stories of what happened that day in 1970 when soldiers killed four students and wounded nine, including Canfora, during anti-war protests.

Canfora's sister, Roseann "Chic" Canfora, posted news of what she calls the "devastating loss" to her Facebook page.

Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the shootings at Kent State when Ohio National Guardsmen shot 13 university students, killing 4. For the past three decades eyewitnesses have been traveling back to campus to record their memories for an oral history project at the library. These are their memories of May 4, 1970.

In the weeks and months following May 4, 1970, life for Kent State students changed completely. The university responded to the shootings by halting on-campus classes and creating a type of pre-Internet distance learning for students, and students and faculty had to change the way they learned and taught. The students were, of course, emotionally changed by the experience as well, and the approach to mental health care at the time was quite different than today.

A woman who witnessed the shootings at Kent State on May 4, 1970 remains optimistic about this year’s 50th commemoration despite its move to a digital…