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Description
In the Fall of 2022, Matt Jones’s Oral History Techniques class conducted a set of interviews documenting the stories behind the student unrest on Eastern Michigan University’s campus from 1966-1972. Gerald "Skip" Lawver was an EMU student who served as an intelligence officer in the US Army, an instructor with the EMU Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), a sergeant with the EMU police force. Skip was a sergeant with EMU during the events that took place near EMU's campus in May of 1970, working to keep things under control.
Interview Date
11-30-2022
Keywords
Eastern Michigan University, EMU Archives, EMU Oral History Program, Student Activism, Civil Rights, Kent State, Protests, Ypsilanti, Police, ROTC
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Permission to quote from this oral history should be requested from the University Archives (lib_archives@emich.edu).
Copyright
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Recommended Citation
Schneider, Andrew and Jones, Matt, "Gerald "Skip" Lawver, Oral History Interview, 2022" (2022). Oral Histories. 97.
https://commons.emich.edu/oral_histories/97