The year 1968 in the United States of America was a tumultuous year to say the least. It was the year of the Tet Offensive which caught the U.S. soldiers in Vietnam off guard, then the Viet Cong attacked the U.S. Embassy. Lyndon B. Johnson announces he won’t seek re-election after backlash over Vietnam, and Johnson a few weeks later signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968. The Apollo 7 & 8 missions are launch which lay the groundwork for a 1969 moon landing, and Richard Nixon is elected president just to name a few key events. What wasn’t mentioned was the assassinations of two prevalent fixtures in the United States. One was the face of the civil rights movement, the other was a hopeful Democratic candidate for president. Martin Luther King
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These events, as the writer puts it, has shown the United States that its stance on gun control need work. That the work of a lobby like the National Rifle Association should not be passing more and more legislation as all these tragic deaths are taking place. Lincoln is appalled how all these assassins are getting their hands on these weapons, but writes that it won’t be prevented in the future if the United States does not work to implement gun control. Lincoln’s letter to the editor shows the fear that the 1968 assassinations were creating and that it was a call to action for people who wanted the United States to do something about this.
Under the subtitle “1968: A Year of Turmoil,” Eric Foner briefly discusses the assassinations of King and Kennedy. He writes that as Marin Luther King Jr. was on the verge of having another march on Washington, he was murdered by a white assassin. This caused the most urban violence in the United States’ history and soldiers had to be called in to help Washington. On Kennedy, Foner writes a brief sentence stating the Democratic nominee was killed by Palestinian
These events, as the writer puts it, has shown the United States that its stance on gun control need work. That the work of a lobby like the National Rifle Association should not be passing more and more legislation as all these tragic deaths are taking place. Lincoln is appalled how all these assassins are getting their hands on these weapons, but writes that it won’t be prevented in the future if the United States does not work to implement gun control. Lincoln’s letter to the editor shows the fear that the 1968 assassinations were creating and that it was a call to action for people who wanted the United States to do something about this.
Under the subtitle “1968: A Year of Turmoil,” Eric Foner briefly discusses the assassinations of King and Kennedy. He writes that as Marin Luther King Jr. was on the verge of having another march on Washington, he was murdered by a white assassin. This caused the most urban violence in the United States’ history and soldiers had to be called in to help Washington. On Kennedy, Foner writes a brief sentence stating the Democratic nominee was killed by Palestinian