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Chuck Ayers Oral History
| Original Record: | http://hdl.handle.net/2374.KENT/836 |
| Title: | Chuck Ayers Oral History |
| Author: | Ayers, Chuck (Charles W.) |
| Description: | A former editorial cartoonist for the Akron Beacon Journal, now one of the authors of the comic strip Crankshaft, Ayers relates his memories from when he was an undergraduate student at Kent State University from 1966-1971. Ayers interprets what happened on May 4, 1970, as well as events that occurred both leading up and following the shootings. He discusses several photographs he took on those early days in May, his role as an eyewitness for the Beacon Journal, and being interviewed by the FBI. |
| Subject: | Seiberling, John F.; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970--Photographs; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Daily Kent Stater; University of Akron; Rhodes, James A. (James Allen), 1909-2001; Kent State University. Military Science Building--Fires; Roadblocks (Police methods)--Ohio--Portage County; Ohio. Army National Guard; Miller, Jeffrey, d. 1970; Students--Ohio--Kent--Interviews; Fires--Ohio--Kent; Demonstrations--Ohio--Kent; Draft registration; Post-traumatic stress disorder; United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994--Impeachment; Search-lights; Photojournalism; Tear gas munitions; Political cartoons; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Akron Beacon Journal |
| Type: | Recording, oral |
| Identifier: | http://hdl.handle.net/2374.KENT/836 |
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| Chuck Ayers.mp3 | 127.1Mb | audio/mpeg |
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