Papers, 1968-1975.

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Papers, 1968-1975.

The collection includes clippings, correspondence, files, notes, and flyers related to the BUS-SDS (Black United Students-Students for a Democratic Society) Walkout, the Concerned Citizens of the Kent State University Community (CCC), and other miscellaneous clippings and correspondence related to the events that took place at Kent State University on May 4, 1970.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7429521

Kent State University

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Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)

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Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) is a radical student group that descended from the Intercollegiate Socialist Society (ISS) which was founded in 1905. The ISS changed its name in 1921 to the League for Industrial Democracy (LID), a social-democratic educational and organizational group. Its student branch, the Student League for Industrial Democracy (SLID), merged with National Student League in 1935 to form American Student Union (ASU) but soon split over ASUs alleged communist affiliati...

Kent state university

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The 20th Commemoration of the Kent State shootings, held in 1990, remains one of the largest-attended of all the annual gatherings. Preparations had begun a few years in advance, culminating in the creation of the May 4 20th Anniversary Commission, at the behest of President Michael Schwartz, in 1989. The Commission's recommendations included the establishment of a platform party and a list of speakers and events. In addition, the May 4 Memorial, designed by Bruno Ast, was formally dedicated at ...

Lough, Thomas S, 1928-

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Kent State University. Black United Students.

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