The 3rd Progressive Period - Civil Rights, the Great Society, Medicare - Excerpt from my book

[danriker]

Excerpt from my book.Let's Do What Works and Call it Capitalism:

Chapter 6. The Third Progressive Period: Civil Rights, The Great Society, Medicare


posted at http://www.dailykos.com/blog/Dan%20Riker/
and at http://www.danriker.blogspot.com

[Thirties Child]

1. It was an exciting time

I worked at the planning arm of United Way and everything seemed possible. I tell myself now that eventually the pendulum will swing back our way. It always does, but maybe not in my time.

[Crewleader]

2. Enjoyed by this baby boomer

A Very Good Read danriker!

I did my protesting of the Vietnam War while my brother served in the Army, fighting the Vietnam War.

[danriker]

3. Thanks from this baby boomer as well!

I would have been in Vietnam with a bunch of my fraternity brothers - one of whom was killed - except the Army rejected me because I have a legally blind eye. So I watched the casualty figures come in on the UPI wire while working in the Baltimore bureau. As the list got longer, my opposition to the war grew stronger!