Annotated+Bibliography

Lewis, Jerry M., and Thomas R. Hensley. “The May 4 Shootings as Kent State University: The Search for Historical Accuracy.” Kent State University. The Ohio Council for the Social Studies Review, 1998. Web. 11 Jan. 2011. [|http://dept.kent.edu/‌sociology/‌lewis/‌lewihen.htm#KENT].  This web article is a secondary source which was written by Thomas R. Hensley, and Jerry M. Lewis, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Kent State University. In this article, Hensley and Lewis give a detailed description of the days leading up to the shooting, as well as, how this even affected the country. The information from this source will be used in our project because it details the events that went on before the day the National Guardsmen shot into the crowd of student protestors.

 "Kent State." Hard Hat Riots. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Oct. 2010. [].  This web article is a secondary source created by Karl Hagstrom Miller, Ellen Noonan, and John Spencer, doctoral candidates in U.S. history at New York University. The article explains the happenings at the Kent State Shooting in 1970, thoroughly telling the reader what happened, where, when, and why it happened. They also detail the effect of the shooting and the cause of it. I will use the information in our project to give background for the causes of the shootings because it gives us great insight on the event.

 Brownstein, Melvin. "Shootings at Kent State haunt him to his day." Interview by Ron Devlin.  Reading Eagle. Reading Eagle Press, 4 May 2010. Web. 19 Oct. 2010. [].  This web article—a primary source written by Ron Devlin, a journalist graduate of Penn State--in the Pennsylvanian newspaper The Reading Eagle shows an interview with a man who experienced the Kent State Shooting himself. The interviewer asks him about how it affected his life and what he was thinking while it was happening. This personal account is going to be used in our project to help convey the personal and mental effects this tragedy had upon so many people, not only the people who were shot.

 Roberts, Rebecca, host. "Kent State Shooting Divided Campus and Country." News. National Public Radio. NPR, n.p., 3 May 2010. Print. Transcript. [].  This secondary source radio transcript by NPR news host and interviewer Rebecca Roberts, journalist, and explains the events that occurred on May 4, 1970. The day of the radio report was the day before its 40th anniversary. She addresses the trauma and death caused at the Kent State Shooting – which is what I am researching, as well as general information, that I will use to explain the emotional trauma it caused and what specifically happened at each event.

Charles, Phillips. American History. N.p.: n.p., 2004. Print. [|http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/elibweb/curriculum/do/documenturn=urn:bigchalk:US%3BBCLib%3Bdocument%3B122227932] This chapter from the book American History is a secondary source written by Charles Phillips on eLibrary. ELibrary is a credible source because they have a total of over 500 years of scholarship. The chapter talks about what led up to the Kent State Shooting, the shooting itself, and the aftermath of this event. This passage is a good source for our project because it includes some primary source quotes and lots of great facts to include on our website.

[|http://omp.ohiolink.edu/Images/Bdg/Hist1MDS/d194/1052893733-24909-22415-672400-820-1983012051.Om2609_003.jpg] This is a good image to show the show the protests at Kent State University. This image will be displayed on our Historical Background Page

[] This image shows a student making a protest speech. It is a great image that shows that students are trying to speak out against the war. This image will be displayed on our historical background page.

<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; white-space: nowrap;">[] <span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; white-space: nowrap;">This image shows some National Guard men in their full uniform at Kent State university. It shows what the people who were students during this time had to deal with during this time. This image will be displayed on our historical background page.

<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; white-space: nowrap;">[] <span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; white-space: nowrap;">(Photo by John Filo) This image shows a student protestor at Kent State waving a flag in front of the National Guardsmen, who are in turn, aiming there rifles at him. This picture was used in our project to illustrate what went on during the Kent State shootings. This photo will be displayed on our introduction page.

<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; white-space: nowrap;">[] <span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; white-space: nowrap;">(Photo by Howard Ruffner) This image shows the National Guardsmen standing ready with rifles and gas masks as they face toward the student protestors. This picture was used in our project to show what went on in the actual outcome, and the extent the National Guard went to, to try and tone down the protesting. This photo will be displayed on our decision page.

[] This image shows the ROTC building that student protestors set fire to as a form of their protesting against U.S. involvement in the Korean War. This photo was used in our project to illustrate the point that the burning of the ROTC building would have happened even if the National Guard had not been called in. This photo will be displayed on our alternative outcome page.

[] This image shows several students peacefully sitting on a field in the Kent State Campus. This photo was used in our project to show that the students would have remained a bit calmer, had the National Guard not been called in.This photo will be displayed on our decision page.

[] This photograph was found in a news/blog article discussing the Pentagon Papers and Wikileaks. The photo will be used to support the validity that these papers were indeed written, and will show what they look like for the alternate outcome.