The cost of freedom : voicing a movement after Kent State 1970 / edited by Susan J. Erenrich.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Erenrich, Susan J., 1957- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kent State University.

Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970.

May 4th Coalition (Kent, Ohio).

Kent State University--Biography.

Kent State University--Anniversaries, etc.

Memorialization--Political aspects--Ohio--Kent.

Memorialization.

Kent State Memorial (Kent, Ohio).

Baby boom generation--Political activity--United States.

Baby boom generation.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Baby boom generation--Ohio--Biography.

Anniversaries.

Political participation.

Ohio.

Ohio--Kent.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xviii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2020]

Summary:

"The Cost of Freedom: Voicing a Movement after Kent State 1970 is a multi-genre collection describing the May 4, 1970, shootings at Kent State University, the aftermath, and the impact on wider calls for peace and justice. Fifty years after the National Guard killed four unarmed students, Susan J. Erenrich has gathered moving stories of violence, peace, and reflection, demonstrating the continued resonance of the events and the need for sustained discussion. This anthology includes poetry, personal narratives, photographs, songs, and testimonies-some written by eyewitnesses to the day of the shootings-as well as speeches from recent commemoration events and items related to the designation of the site on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. Erenrich, who came to Kent State in 1975 as a college freshman, became a member of the May 4 Task Force, a student organization that continues to the present as an organizing group for marking the anniversary each year. Her involvement with the task force led her to make the many connections with writers, artists, and memory-keepers that have built this collection of primary source material. While a number of books and articles over the years have treated the Kent State shootings and aftermath, this collection is unique in its focus on justice issues and its call for the future. The movement to seek justice, as Erenrich notes, is an ongoing one. These voices call to us to continue to move forward even as we learn from the past"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Memories

Anniversary, May 4, 1988 p. 3 / Elaine Holstein

A Tribute to Arthur Krause: Delivered at Kent State University, May 4, 1989 p. 6 / Kendra Lee Hicks Pacifico

May 4, 2000, Commemorative Program Speech p. 11 / Barry Levine

Part II Photographs of May 4, 1970

Guardsmen Beginning Advance on the Commons p. 19 / Chuck Ayers

Guardsmen Throwing Tear Gas p. 20 / KSU News Service

Prentice Hall Parking Lot p. 21 / KSU News Service

Four Students Killed by the Ohio National Guard p. 22 / KSU News Service

Part III Earlier Activism Before May 4, 1970

Thy Tears Might Cease p. 25 / Anthony Walsh

Save the Pooch p. 37 / Robert Stamps

Part IV The Shootings: May 4, 1970

It's Alright, Ma, I'm Only Dying: An Eyewitness Report from Kent State p. 47 / Constance Nowakowski

A Reminiscence Thirty Years Later p. 53 / Rolly Brown

A Short Reflection p. 59 / Curtis Lee Pittman (Jeter)

Part V Responses Near and Far

The Battle of Washington p. 65 / Tom Riddle

A Very Young Activist p. 87 / Patricia Moseley

May 1970: North and South, Mountains and Deserts-and Blood p. 90 / John Hunter Gray

Part VI Hallowed Ground

Kent State: Destruction of Civil Liberties p. 101 / William G. Arthrell

Where Were You on May 4, 1970? p. 111 / James Huebner

Part VII Legal Maneuvering and the Courts

The Ruse of the Kent 25 Indictments p. 119 / Roseann "Chic" Canfora

May 4,1988, Speech p. 128 / William Moses Kunstler

The Big Chill: The Stifling Effect of the Official Response to the Kent State Killings p. 132 / William Whitaker

Eulogy for Galen Keller Lewis p. 141 / Rev. Barbara Child

The Kent State Shootings after Nearly 50 Years: One Lawyer's Remembrance p. 145 / Sanford Jay Rosen

Part VIII Testimonials by Some of the Wounded Students

My Life Was Forever Changed p. 157 / Dean Kahler

Speech on May 4, 1984 p. 162 / Tom Grace

May 4 Recollections p. 168 / John Cleary

Russell and Me: Surviving Kent State p. 174 / Joseph Lewis

Part IX Troubadours of Conscience

The Kent State Massacre p. 189 / Barbara Dane

Twenty Years Later p. 193 / Holly Near

Kent p. 197 / Greg Artzner and Terry Leonino (Magpie)

An Eyewitness Recollection Thirty Years after the Shootings p. 200 / Terry Leonino

You Carried Us: For Professor Glenn W. Frank (1928-93) p. 203 / Greg Artzner and Terry Leonino (Magpie)

Part X Annual Rituals and Historic Markers

The Candlelight Walk and Vigil p. 207 / Jerry M. Lewis

Parking Lot Dedication Remarks p. 217 / Carole A. Barbato

Preserving the Site and Story of the May 4, 1970, Kent State Shootings p. 221 / Laura L. Davis

Part XI Lasting Legacies

Why Is It So Cold in Northern Ohio? p. 261 / Mark Rudd

The Greater Kent State Era, 1968-70: Personal Transformations and Legacies of Student Rebellions and State Repression p. 265 / Darlene Clark Hine

Simple Themes and Complex Realities in the Spring of 1970 p. 275 / Tom Dietz

Message from a May 4 Baby: (P)reflections on the Fiftieth Commemoration of May 4, 1970 p. 279 / Idris Kabir Syed.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781606354018

1606354019

OCLC:

1121607483