Special Collections and Archives

1980s · The Truth Demands Justice: A Snapshot History of the May 4th Task Force

Special Collections and Archives

1980s · The Truth Demands Justice: A Snapshot History of the May 4th Task Force

1980 Commemoration: Photographs

Photograph, May, 1980. Annual May 4 Commemoration records. May 4 Collection.

1980 Commemoration Poster

Annual commemoration poster, May 4, 1980. Annual May 4 Commemoration records. May 4 Collection.
The annual commemoration in 1980 featured speakers, such as activist and attorney Bella Abzug, peace activists Norma Becker and David Dellinger, civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael, attorney William Kunstler, former Student Council Vice-President and member of Black United Students Robert Pickett, and Nobel prize-winning scientist and peace activist Dr. George Wald.

1985 Commemoration Poster

Annual commemoration poster, May 3-4, 1985. Annual May 4 Commemoration records. May 4 Collection.

1987 Commemoration Poster

Annual commemoration poster, May 3-4, 1987. Annual May 4 Commemoration records. May 4 Collection.

M4TF: Events

Fall Forum flyer, October 26, 1987. May 4th Task Force records. May 4 Collection.

Man and woman holding candle where Jeffrey Miller died at vigil (seventeenth annual commemoration)

Photograph, May 3, 1987. Kent State University News Service May 4 photographs. May 4 Collection.
Photograph of the 1987 candlelight vigil, part of a series of annual commemorative events organized by the Task Force for the past four decades.

1988 Commemoration Poster

Annual commemoration poster, May 3-4, 1988. Annual May 4 Commemoration records. May 4 Collection.

Man and woman holding candle at vigil (nineteenth annual commemoration)

Photograph, May 3, 1989. Kent State University News Service May 4 photographs. May 4 Collection.
Photograph taken during the annual candlelight vigil, which takes place each year on the night of May 3.