Kent State Shootings: Digital Archive

Legal Case: Federal Grand Jury: Petition

Kent State Shootings: Digital Archive

Legal Case: Federal Grand Jury: Petition

Description This file concerns calls for a federal grand jury to consider the Kent State shootings. Included in this file is detailed information about a petition drive by two Kent State University students, Paul Keane and Greg Rambo, to urge President Nixon to convene a federal grand jury to investigate the Kent State shootings. Keane and Rambo garnered over 10,400 signatures on the petition. Included are some materials given to Jerry M. Lewis by Paul Keane including a chronology of events related to the petition.
Publisher Some of the content included was originally published by the Akron Beacon Journal and the Record-Courier.
Date 1971; 1972
Extent 29 pages
Institution Kent State University
Repository Special Collections and Archives
Access Rights This digital object is owned by Kent State University and may be protected by U.S. Copyright law (Title 17, USC). Please include proper citation and credit for use of this item. Use in publications or productions is prohibited without written permission from Kent State University. Please contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives for more information.
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Format of Original archive (mixed materials)
Sponsor Digital capture of this material was sponsored by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Subcollection Jerry M. Lewis papers
Subject(s) Government officials
Legal cases, Litigation, Trials
Reactions, Responses. Students
May 4 Provenance May 4 Collection