Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories

Carolyn Cox Oral History

Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories

Carolyn Cox Oral History

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Narrator Cox, Carolyn
Narrator's Role Resident of Buffalo, New York, in 1970
Date of Interview 2000-05-04
Description The mother of a Colgate University student, Andy Cox, who died in a hiking accident on May 4, 1972, talks about her family's deep emotional connection to what happened at Kent State in 1970. Her son had dropped out of college in response to the Kent State shootings and she has always thought of him as a "fifth victim."
Length of Interview 14:44 minutes
Places Discussed Akron (Ohio)
Buffalo (N.Y.)
Time Period discussed 1970-1972
Subject(s) Colgate University
Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970--Anniversaries, etc.
Krause, Arthur
University of Akron
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements
Repository Special Collections and Archives
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Provenance/Collection May 4 Collection