Kent State: Four Dead In Ohio

Checklist Category: Intended for an adult audience

Authors, Creators, Illustrators: Derf Backderf

Publisher and # of Pages: Abrams, 288 pages

Year of Publication/Release: September 2020

A story told through the perspectives of the four students who tragically died on May 4, 1970 during a weekend of outcry and protest against the Vietnam War at Kent State University. Their stories and the great mishandling of the situation by federal government, military and local law enforcement will stay with me forever. Experiencing this moment in history in graphic novel format gave me a face to the names and allowed me to experience the wave of emotions that happened in that tragic weekend.