How Revolt Ricocheted to the Right

by E Wayne Ross on June 16, 2008

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It is 40 years since the events of 1968. As each month goes by, another anniversary prompts reflection: the Tet offensive, which started at the end of January; the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, in April; the Paris uprising, in May; and the fatal shooting of Robert F. Kennedy, in June. And we have more anniversaries to anticipate before 2008 winds down: the uproarious Democratic convention, in August; the black-power salutes at the Mexico City Olympics, in October; and the election of Richard Nixon, in November. So much happening in one year. So much to remember 40 years later.

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