Not Even a Trip to the Amusement Park Has Been Easy for African-Americans
News of a riot at LA's Griffith Park in the era of Mayor Sam Yorty
Memorial Day traditionally marks the beginning of summer. It is a day laden with hopes for a fun-filled summer, but also a day of reflection about summers past. Those memories, however, differ across America’s color line. These differing summer memories may help us unravel a seeming contradiction in this year of anniversaries. In the past decade, culminating in the current reflection on the tumultuous events of 1968, the... Читать дальше...