* On the 40th anniversary of the MLK Assassination last year,
our founding editor New Frontier wrote this remembrance of the
tragic events which took place this week in 1968. We wanted to
share it with you again today. MARCH 31-APRIL 4, 1968 - A WEEK
THAT CHANGED AMERICA – Aeschylus, as quoted by Robert Kennedy
upon the death of MLK 40 years ago this week brought us to a
critical turning point in the American experience. By March of
`68, with the peace movement rapidly growing and anti-war
sentiment at its’ peak, it seemed that things might finally be
turning around for the better. Robert F. Kennedy had just
entered the presidential race opposing the war. There was a
brewing sense of hope that a Kennedy presidency would be
restored five years after the death of JFK. Little did America
suspect that the era known as “Camelot” was not to rise again.
On the contrary, it was about to come to an abrupt, ironic,
tragic, and bloody end. Over the course of just five short days,
we watched in shock as President Lyndon