Evidence of Revision - all 6 parts - are must watch for those wishing to gain an understanding of 'merikan history since late 50's, and the killing decade of the 60's extending into the early 70's. These should be required in every 'merikan history class.
it's an excellent portrayal of how it all went down, exposing the naked fist of death, dominance and repression as it was wielded with full malevolence. It's the history of the development of my political consciousness.
I still remember the day Martin was shot. A couple black buddies on my JHS wrestling team made sure I stayed out of school that day... Fortunately nothing serious happened, but it was touch and go in my medium-size Iowa town that whole week with its large black population, all as the rest of the country seemed to be burning.....
I got to watch it in horror each night when my Dad would turn on the T.V. news. I remember them all, John, Bobby, Martin and Malcolm, later Lennon. I also remember Oswald, Ruby, Sirhan, Farrakahn, Chapman, all are ingrained in my memory. The murderers, (some who were later discovered to be patsies) of my early hopes. I include Lennon as he was almost certainly another hit.
I developed my original political awareness as they all went down: Johnson, Humphrey, Bobby Baker, Nam, Tet, My Lai, Cambodia, Laos, Watts, SLA, Weatherpeople, Chicago 7, Judge Hoffman, the Secret Plan to End the War, Kent State, Jackson State, Columbia, March to End the War, Pentagon Papers, Silent Majority, Nattering Nabobs, Watergate, the Pueblo, Buffy St. Marie, Leonard and Russell, Hoover, Helms, Sirica, Poor People's March, Community Revitalization (a.k.a., slum clearance, a.k.a. removing black folk), Clean Gene, McGovern, Barbara Jordan, etc......
Two books for further insight and historical background: Family of Secrets by Baker, and Towards an American Revolution by Fresia.
