A delight as a love story and as a history of the sixties - the time when I became an adult. It is fascinating to read through this recapitulation of the sixties and compare it to my own recollections as a young man. I even recall that LBJ came and spoke at a Graduation at UCLA. I need to look that up and see if my recollection is correct and see he addressed at the time.
The time of assassinations that year is indelibly written in my memory. Only a couple of years ago we saw the Laurel Hotel where King was shot.
As I think of these assassinations now and JFK’s assassination as well I am left wondering why- what was the motivation. I find no answer. The sixties were a time when our nation articulated a new vision. Its realization is incomplete as said so well by the author - but it became part of our collected sense of nation vision.
We badly need leaders that will help us articulate a new vision. While its realization may be imperfect we need it to restore cohesion to our society.
The sixties was also the era of my personal love story - when my wife and I met, got to know one another, fell in love and married. It is still working to years later. ( )