I bet all of you have forgotten what happened this time 50 years ago.... here are some tidbits to jog your memories..... go to our documents page at:
http://brmassocllc-org.webs.com/smchs-class-of-64-documents
April 17
The Ford Motor Company unveils the Mustang at the 1964 New York World's Fair. That day, Ford takes 22,000 orders for the new car, and the company will make a record-setting 418,812 sales that year.
May 12
In one of the first publicized instances of this kind of protest, 12 students burn their Vietnam draft cards and declare, “We won’t go!” This will become a common act of defiance against the war.
May 22
President Johnson delivers his “Great Society” speech at the University of Michigan commencement ceremony. His speech calls for an end to racial injustice and poverty in the United States, and outlines his presidential agenda for the next four years.
June 2
The Rolling Stones perform their first U.S. concert at a high school in Lynn, MA.
June 12
Nelson Mandela is convicted of sabotage and sentenced to life in prison and sent to Robben Island in South Africa.
June 14
The first group of Freedom Summer volunteers gather for training in Oxford, Ohio. Of the nearly 1,000 participants working to educate and register African Americans to vote in Mississippi and across the South, the majority are white college students from the North.
June 21
A day after the first group of Freedom Summer volunteers arrives in Mississippi, three civil rights workers, Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney set out to investigate a church bombing near Philadelphia, Mississippi. The three activists are arrested for a traffic violation and held for several hours. When they are released at 10:30pm, it is the last time they are seen alive.
My, my as they say....I guess we are still in Kansas!!! Maybe things ...and people in the news ...remain the same! Rolling Stones...Nelson Mandela....so many years ...so little change?
http://brmassocllc-org.webs.com/smchs-class-of-64-documents
April 17
The Ford Motor Company unveils the Mustang at the 1964 New York World's Fair. That day, Ford takes 22,000 orders for the new car, and the company will make a record-setting 418,812 sales that year.
May 12
In one of the first publicized instances of this kind of protest, 12 students burn their Vietnam draft cards and declare, “We won’t go!” This will become a common act of defiance against the war.
May 22
President Johnson delivers his “Great Society” speech at the University of Michigan commencement ceremony. His speech calls for an end to racial injustice and poverty in the United States, and outlines his presidential agenda for the next four years.
June 2
The Rolling Stones perform their first U.S. concert at a high school in Lynn, MA.
June 12
Nelson Mandela is convicted of sabotage and sentenced to life in prison and sent to Robben Island in South Africa.
June 14
The first group of Freedom Summer volunteers gather for training in Oxford, Ohio. Of the nearly 1,000 participants working to educate and register African Americans to vote in Mississippi and across the South, the majority are white college students from the North.
June 21
A day after the first group of Freedom Summer volunteers arrives in Mississippi, three civil rights workers, Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney set out to investigate a church bombing near Philadelphia, Mississippi. The three activists are arrested for a traffic violation and held for several hours. When they are released at 10:30pm, it is the last time they are seen alive.
My, my as they say....I guess we are still in Kansas!!! Maybe things ...and people in the news ...remain the same! Rolling Stones...Nelson Mandela....so many years ...so little change?
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