1968

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The tension in the air is swelling like a bubble about to break. Students have shut down Universities and taken to the streets. The DNC has left Chicago burned and frayed. Cover your eyes. You think America's recovered from the self inflicted wounds it took in 1968? And still Corretta led his people through the Memphis streets, in spite of the nightmare that was made out of a dream. Young men sent overseas, their names are in a lottery that kills. There are social clashes, body counts, and rioting on TV screens. A bullet puts another Kennedy to sleep. Cover your eyes. You think America's recovered from the self inflicted wounds it took in 1968? And still Corretta led his people through the Memphis streets, in spite of the nightmare that was made out of a dream. So why this disconnect in our youth after 40 years? Peace tried and failed while the radio played ""As my guitar gently weeps"". Where's the rage in the young towards war and hatred based on race? The CIA silenced ""The people's new Messiah"", and now history repeats. Are we so blind to see this country hasn't changed? Cover your eyes. You think America's recovered from the self inflicted wounds it took in 1968? And still Corretta led his people through the Memphis streets, in spite of the nightmare that was made out of a dream.

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Written by: Joe McMahon

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