Give up their role to protect our students. Sod why are they giving up their position to the Ohio Governor at the time. Demonstrations and universities across the country. And they may be as much as 10,000 students deciding to march downtown and they marched out on to interstate 5 and shut down the freeway. But to you, in effect, said and certainly implied that it was not unusual for universities to insist public as well as private to insist on their police forces, the university splis, retaining control over Law Enforcement on the campus. And that is is what the dais was at the university of washington at the time. The president insisted that neither the state patrol nor the Seattle Police department were to come on campus without express permission from the university. And i think that is what happened at kent. They just the mayor gave in very easily. Called governor roads. They sent the troops in and the troops game in on friday. And i was watching the troops roll in under the darkn
Truth yt is a collection of more than 150 of the photos that surround kent state massacre of 1970 and in which four students lives were lost. So without further ado, please welcome howard ruffner. [ applause ] well, first of all, it is nice to see familiar faces out here. Lots of people from pasadena village and relatives, my daughter is out here with my soninlaw and his parents are here and it is really kind of people from where i live. But most of all i have to thank my wife for being here. My wife laura, if shell just raise her hand. [ applause ] as most of you know whenever you endeavor on a real good project your spouse is the one who picks up the other stuff and kept me organized and kept me going and made sure i didnt lose too much of a focus of where i was going with this. So let me get started. The intention of my book is to let you know more about me in the beginning before i attended kent state. My introduction to photography. And then the rest of the story starts with when
His book tonight moments of truth is a collection of more than 150 of the photos that surround kent state massacre of 1970 and in which four students lives were lost. So without further ado, please welcome howard ruffner. [ applause ] well, first of all, it is nice to see familiar faces out here. Lots of people from pasadena village and relatives, my daughter is out here with my soninlaw and his parents are here and it is really kind of people from where i live. But most of all i have to thank my wife for being here. My wife laura, if shell just raise her hand. [ applause ] its nice to see people from here, people from pasadena village. Laura kept me organized and made sure i didnt lose focus where i was going with this. So let me get started. The intention of my book is to let you know more about me in the beginning before i attended kent state. My introduction to photography. And then the rest of the story starts with when i enrolled at kent state in march of 1969. And i photographed
Applause applause first of all, i have to say, its nice to see familiar faces out here. Lots of people from pasadena village and relatives. My daughter is out here with my soninlaw and his parents are here. Most of all, i have to thank my wife for being here. If she will just raise her hand. As most of you know, whenever you endeavor on a real good project, your spouse is the one who picks up the other stuff, and lark kept me organized, kept me going and made sure i did not lose too much focus of where i was going with this. So let me get started. The intention of my book is to let you know more about me in the beginning before i attended kent state, my introduction to photography, and the rest of the story starts with when i enrolled in kent state in march of 1969. I will give you a glimpse of the campus life i knew before may 4. The rest is about the photography of my experience. Thats me in the photo standing next to my mom looking up at my newest brother, rick. Thats rick. The clev
On the cover of life magazine. And he has published a book about his experience, moments of truth. Thank you for coming out tonight. We are hosting Howard Ruffner. During his College Years he was a photographer for the yearbook and newspaper. Moments of truth is a collection of more than 150 photos around the kent state massacre of 1970 in which four lives were lost. Without further ado, please welcome Howard Ruffner. [applause] Howard Ruffner first of all, i have to say it is nice to see some familiar faces out here. A lot of people from pasadena village and relatives. My daughter is here with my soninlaw and his parents. And people from near where i live. Most of all, i have to thank my wife for being here. [applause] as most of you know, whenever you endeavor on a big project, your spouse picks up the other stuff and laura kept me organized and going and major i did not lose too much of a focus on where i was going with this. Let me get started. Theention of my book intention of my