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Well, I can see by your coat, my friend, that you're from the other side --
there's just one thing I've got to know:

Can you tell me please who won?

Paul Kantner / David Crosby]

• Quotes and Contemplations
• I Was Totally Misinformed
• I Was Proud to Have Served
• I Was a Conscientious Objector
• I Was a Veteran Who Opposed the War
• I Was a Civilian Advisor in Vietnam
• I Grew Up Underneath the Benign Warmth of the American Dream
• It Looked a Little Different to Me
• My Family Came from the Working Class
• Being in the Military Was the Right Thing to Do
• I Was a Child During the Chicago Convention
• My Parents Were Activists

Graphic and Multimedia Documents

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• 1956: Rosa Parks Wins a Seat on the Bus in Montgomery
• 1960: Fire Hoses Cannot Disperse Demonstrators in San Francisco Protesting the HUAC Hearings
• 1960: Blacks Protest Desegregation in Southern Restaurants and Buses
• 1963: Dr. King Preaches Non-Violent Protest -- and Is Heard
• 1963: I Really Want to Vote
• 1963: I Still Really Want to Vote
• 1963: The Civil Rights March on Washington
• 1964: Malcom X Expresses Dissatisfaction with Non-Violent Strategies
• 1964: Mario Savio Launches the Free Speech Movement in Berkeley
• 1965: Flames Erupt in the Ghetto of Watts
• 1967: Haight-Ashbury Flourishes
• 1967: Charred Draft Cards -- Marching on the Pentagon
• 1968: Eugene McCarthy Challenges the President
• 1968: Student Takeover at Columbia
• 1968: Student Protest in Paris
• 1968: The Killing of Martin Luther King
• 1968: The Killing of Bobby Kennedy
• 1968: The Chicago Convention
• 1970: Student Massacre at Kent State

• The Commander in Chief -- Richard Nixon
• Passing the Mantle of Leadership -- Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson
• The Pinhead -- Spiro Agnew

• The Last Hope for Peace -- Bobby Kennedy (Minutes Before His Murder)
• The Peace and Freedom Candidate -- Eldridge Cleaver
• Co-Founder of the Black Panthers -- Bobby Seale
• The Man Behind the Second American Revolution -- Abbie Hoffman