1968 was a brutal year. By July 4th of that year we had seen 2 senseless assassinations of important people. Martin Luther King Jr was shot in Memphis on 4/4 spawning nationwide urban riots which this platform experienced first hand living on the South Side of Chicago that year. Second was Robert F Kennedy, father of current front running Democratic presidential candidate (sure ain’t the LIVING CORPSE no matter how they spin it) shot on June 5th 1968 triumphant in his victory of the California Democratic primary and on his way to Chicago to which he never made it. The tumultuous Democratic National Convention was a mere weeks away as you read this post of reality in America July 4th 1968

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