Dr. Miriam R. Jackson grew up in Kent, Ohio. She was finishing her freshman year at Kent State University when she and many others faced the Ohio National Guard on May 4th, 1970. S...view moreDr. Miriam R. Jackson grew up in Kent, Ohio. She was finishing her freshman year at Kent State University when she and many others faced the Ohio National Guard on May 4th, 1970. Surviving the gunfire of that day, she finished her B.A. in History in 1973. She earned an M.A. in American history from Columbia University in 1975 and her Ph.D. in American Studies from Purdue University in 1982. She earned an M.A.T. in Social Studies Education at Kent State in 2000 and added middle and high school teaching to other experience at Kent State, Idaho State, Cleveland State and Dine College. She now lives in the same house near the K.S.U. campus where she grew up. This is her first book.view less
We Shall Not Be Moved: The May 4Th Coalition, the "Gym Struggle" of 1977 at Kent State University and the Battle over Ultimate Control of the Vietnam Era National Narrative