Meyer “Mike” Alewitz is an American educator, agitprop artist, mural painter, and socialist political activist.. His use of art to lobby for workers’ rights has fostered numerous controversies.
[3] At Kent State, as occurred on many college campuses across the country, Nixon’s announcement inspired passionate student protest and clashes with authorities.
[5] In the immediate wake of the tragedy, Alewitz fled campus to avoid arrest but was soon detained by a group of “vigilantes” who pursued the Kent State protestors.
[6] After leaving Kent State, Alewitz became a leader of the national student strike that followed the shootings and traveled to Washington, D.C., to address a crowd of over 100,000 people at a mass anti-war demonstration on May 9, 1970.
During his professional career, Alewitz worked at a variety of jobs, including as a track laborer, railroad clerk, production machinist, and sign painter.