Julio Arturo Fanjul Oral History
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- Created Date
- 2000-05-03
- Description
Julio Arturo Fanjul was a junior at Kent State University in 1970 and he relates his memories of the events that took place on campus May 1-4, 1970. He describes the tear gas in his dormitory, Moulton Hall, on Friday, May 1, and events he witnessed surrounding the burning of the ROTC Military Science Building on Saturday, May 2. He also describes seeing the National Guard troops arrive in Kent that day. He mentions the helicopters that were circling overhead on May 3. On Monday, May 4, he arrived in The Commons area just as the National Guard had started to use tear gas. He relates his eyewitness account of the shootings from his position in the parking lot near Terrace Hall.
- Creator
Fanjul, Julio Arturo
- Partner
- Ohio Digital Network
- Contributing Institution
- Kent State University
- Collection
- Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories
- Subjects
- College students--Ohio--Kent--Interviews
Eyewitness accounts
Kent (Ohio). Police Dept
Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
Kent State University. ROTC Building--Fires
Helicopters
Ohio. Army National Guard
Students--Ohio--Kent--Interviews
Tear gas munitions - Type
- sound
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- Fanjul, Julio Arturo. Julio Arturo Fanjul Oral History. 2000-05-03. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://omeka.library.kent.edu/special-collections/items/show/1576. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
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- Fanjul, Julio Arturo, (2000-05-03) Julio Arturo Fanjul Oral History. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://omeka.library.kent.edu/special-collections/items/show/1576
- MLA citation style
- Fanjul, Julio Arturo. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://omeka.library.kent.edu/special-collections/items/show/1576>.