Susan J. Erenrich is a social movement history documentarian and professor at American University who uses the arts for social change to tell stories about transformational leadership, resilience, and societal shifts as a result of mobilization efforts by ordinary citizens. She has worked for more than four decades in nonprofit/arts administration, civic engagement, community service, and community organizing. She is also the editor of Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: An Anthology of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement and Grassroots Leadership & the Arts for Social Change.
Fifty years later, what happened at Kent State on May 4, 1970, still reverberates, inviting reflection on orthodoxy, dissent, and power in the United States. This invaluable collection of primary source material captures the voices of those that have labored for truth and justice in the aftermath of that violent, fateful day. -Christopher Strain, author of The Long Sixties: America, 1955-1973 May 4, 1970. We all remember what happened at Kent State-or do we? Susan Erenrich has collected memories, tributes, reflections, photographs, and testimonials from wounded students in her emotional book. Indeed, The Cost of Freedom is a collection of voices that never should be forgotten. This book is a monument to all those who died, were wounded, or, like me, were forever scarred on May 4, 1970. -Terry Anderson, author of The Movement and the Sixties and five editions of The Sixties