Several people have sent me links over the past few weeks about 1968. Many thanks to Bill, Roger and Greg for the notes.
James Stevenson provides the text for the New York Times article on Paul Fusco's RFK Funeral Train pictures. Don't miss the interactive feature, which is narrated by Fusco.
Campbell Brown from CNN compares 1968 with 2008. The story also features crowd shots watching Bobby Kennedy's train passing.
Paul Kengor from the National Review reflects on the relationship between Bobby Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. The essay includes a narrative of Reagan's visit on Joey Bishop's show, where he provided an analysis of the Bobby's assassination. This essay underscores how Reagan emerges as a pivotal player in 1968. While his role is beyond the scope of Project 1968, I've made sure to highlight pertinent articles about Reagan in the news summaries for each day.
Harold Myerson discusses his days as a McCarthy staffer, and the similarities between the Kennedy/McCarthy dual and Obama/Hillary. I can't say that I see it that clearly. After all, McCarthy was clearly an outsider, as Myerson says. Can we say the same about Hillary?
Roger Cohen writes about 1968 in France for the New York Times. Again, the only way to truly introduce the material in Project 1968 was through the news summaries. Charles de Gaulle was embattled and the country in revolt. Each day's news from that year bears more bad tidings from Paris.
Letter writers take issue with Paul Auster's Op-Ed article from the New York Times. Evidently Auster claimed that the Columbia University strike accomplished little. Participants from the strike write back to share their experiences and refute his conclusions.
Finally, Bobby Kennedy's children, Kerry Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy II and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend remember their Dad in these New York Times Op-Ed articles.
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