It seemed like anyone who was trying to save poor people ended up dead. It seemed like the war in Viet Nam was getting worse. Anger grew, but so did fun times. Could we be on the edge of a new day? Is there any hope left? Is it worth saving?

Sound kinda like now. It's June 1968

We were hurt and trying to heal. We were upwardly mobile and on a downward spiral. We were at war trying to find peace. we were trying to be one nation that was split in two.  I thank you all for your support

A prose of reflection. 

Talk about exhaustion? Every day there was a protest, a demonstration. The entire nation was angry. Young people, black and white questioned authority. Challenged authority and rejected traditional sexist, racist, and unjust habits of America. It wasn't easy making a change. Just like now.

April 1968. 

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If it wasn't the rebellions, it was the protests. If it wasn't the protests it was the presidential candidates. Then of course there was the Viet Nam war, burning draft cards. It was always something going on at the same time. America was coming apart. Sound familiar?

The Din of Chaos. March 1968

Just the second month of a chaotic year and it seemed as if the country was doomed to come apart. The rage against the Viet Nam War brought law enforcement to its knees. The sanitation strike, the Orangeburg Massacre and Panther Power threatened status quo. African Americans were talking louder and bolder than they ever had before. It was 1968 and America hasn't been the same since.

It was the kind of year when there was one thing right after the other. The country was falling apart. There was hope and there was rage. 

It changed America forever. Kinda like now.  These awful and necessary struggles must be reflected upon to add perspective and enrich our grounding.  We got through 1968 and we will get through this. The idea is to get through it with a bigger and broader sense of our place in history and make it work for everybody. Power to the people.

Closing out the series, The Big Six with John Lewis. His recent passing in the heated climate of old dilemmas brings us back to what he fought for and the stamina in spirit he exhibited. Today, we need the same stamina and determination to fight our fight and not grow bitter. 

Review the soldiers of The Big Six. The spoke out against hatred.

They were advocates for universal equality, and had a deep love for humanity.

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The Executive Secretary for the NAACP, Wilkins brought its strength to the fight for equal rights across the board.  He marched and supported every effort to knock down the walls of American oppression. His power to articulate the condition of African American citizens mad him an eloquent speaker and a mighty warrior of the 20th century. 

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He helped to launch Freedom Summer helping Mississippians to register to vote. He was a part of the Freedom Rides to bring about travel for black folks on integrated basis. He was the founder of C.O.R.E. He was jailed and came within and inch of his life by white folks because he wanted all of our cousins t live decent lives. You don't know him? I will introduce you to him. His is another king of the Big Six

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