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1968 was a turning point in American history. Will 2020 be another one?

1968. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy were assassinated...riots...protests...the Vietnam War.

1968. It's considered by some historians to have been the year of the greatest social upheaval in modern times in America.

Protests against the country's involvement in the war in Vietnam had reached into every major U.S. city. Streets were blocked, campuses were shut down, and troops called out as individual opposition to the war grew by the millions.

Clashes between those who supported the U.S. efforts in southeast Asia and anti-war protestors were common.

Then, in April 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, TN.

America reached a boiling point as anger turned to fire.

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Two months later, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles.

Now, looking at 2020, some parallels…calls for justice from an engaged and enraged population. A pandemic. Economic disaster for so many. How has it changed us, and will it bring change to America?

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