Nineteen sixty-eight was a pivotal year that grew more intense with each day. As thousands of Vietnamese and Americans were killed in war, students across four continents took over colleges and city streets. Assassins murdered Dr. King and Robert F. Kennedy. Demonstrators turned out in Prague and Chicago, and in Mexico City, young people and Olympic athletes protested.
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Content Note
Nightly news, winter / by Elizabeth Partridge -- Biker's Ed / by Paul Fleischman -- The Red Guard / by Lenore Look -- The student view from Paris / by Kate MacMillan -- Nightly news, spring / by Elizabeth Partridge -- The death of the dream / by Kekla Magoon -- The wrong side of history / by Laban Carrick Hill -- Gym Crow / by Jennifer Anthony -- Robert F. Kennedy / by Mark Kurlansky -- Nightly news, summer / by Elizabeth Partridge -- People, get ready / by Susan Campbell Bartoletti -- Prague Spring / by Mark Kurlansky -- Running with sharp schticks / by David Lubar -- Nightly news, fall / by Elizabeth Partridge -- Student sacrifices / by Omar Figueras -- Running into history / by Jim Murphy -- The code wars / by Loree Griffin Burns -- Douglas Engelbart / by Marc Aronson.