One thing about the aggravating worldwide COVID-19 social isolation condition — it’s giving me time to reflect on my life.
Watching PBS’s recent “Asian Americans” series, I thought a lot about my college and post-graduate days, and how dramatic news dominated our lives.
It was a memorable, dramatic, sometimes horrible, time in our nation’s history. Fortunately, it was capped off by two heart-lifting events that gave me hope, and I presume, most of America as well.
So I’m sharing some iconic ‘60s photos with you.
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| Pres. John F. Kennedy assassination, November 1963 |
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| JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald shot November 1963 |
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| UC Berkeley free speech demonstration December 1964 |
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| Malcolm X assassination February 1965 |
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Watts (Lost Angeles) riot
August 1965.
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| Saigon execution, Vietnam War February 1968 |
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| Rev. Martin Luther King assassination April 1968 |
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| U.S. Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy assassination June 1968 |
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Democratic Nat’l Conv. (Chicago) riot
August 1968
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| Mexico City Olympics Black Power salute October 1968 |
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| Apollo 8 Earthrise Christmas Eve 1968 |
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| Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong moonwalk July 1969 |
What a memorable decade THAT was.
4 comments:
You are so right! It was a memorable decade. Thanks for the (albeit sad) walk back in time.
You’re welcome, Carolyn. It was emotional, searching for these pictures.
Great, iconic photo. Thank you, Craig. It was a decade of highs and lows, but we struggled through and moved on. I do wish we had learned a little more from these experiences, though.
I agree, Russell. But as is always the case, memory is short-sighted.
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