Remembering May 11, 1970, and Moving Forward

A recording of the May 11, 2022 ceremony dedicating a plaque in the Park Blocks at Portland State University to commemorate a non-violent protest by PSU students against the Vietnam War and the Kent State killings in 1970. The protest precipitated an assault by the city's tactical police squad.
Speakers at the dedication included Portland State alumni and faculty who participated in and supported the protest: Cathy Wood Wyrick, strike committee member; Clifford Walker, strike committee member; Sue Ellen White, "The Seventh Day" documentary filmmaker; Joe Bernt, 1969-70 editor of the Portland State Vanguard; Tony Barsotti (presenting remarks by strike hospital tent manager Michael McCusker); Doug Weiskopf, strike committee member; David Horowitz, Professor of History; John Laursen, creator of the commemorative plaque; PSU Interim Dean of Students Aimee Shattuck; and PSU President Stephen Percy.
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