1968

1968

USS Pueblo

• Paean—to honor, respect, or exult• Lloyd Bucher’s “apology”: “We

not only want to paean the North Korean government, but to paean the North Korean people as well.”

Tet Offensive

Martin Luther King

“This day we are spending five hundred thousand dollars to kill every Vietcong soldier. Every time we

kill one we spend about five hundred thousand dollars while we spend only fifty-three dollars a year for every

person characterized as poverty-stricken in the so-called poverty program, which is not even a good

skirmish against poverty.”From Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution

Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about

that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked

over. And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land! And so I'm happy, tonight. I'm not worried about

anything. I'm not fearing any man! Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!!

From “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop, April 3, 1968

Martin Luther King

Early morning, April 4 Shot rings out in the Memphis sky

Free at last, they took your life They could not take your pride

U2, “Pride” (In the Name of Love)

Student takeover at Columbia University

Catonsville Nine

"Our apologies, good friends, for the fracture of good order, the burning of

paper instead of children. . . ."