50 years later, echoes of 1968 resonate in US
50 years later, echoes of 1968 resonate in US
- That paved the way for the election of Nixon, a conservative Republican who promised Americans he would restore order to a chaotic decade. And just as Johnson did not win the “War on Poverty”, the election of Barack Obama, America's first black president, did not lead to a “post-racial society”.
- That paved the way for the election of Nixon, a conservative Republican who promised Americans he would restore order to a chaotic decade. And just as Johnson did not win the “War on Poverty”, the election of Barack Obama, America's first black president, did not lead to a “post-racial society”.