Kennedy drew support from lower-income whites and communities of color, from hopeful youth and disenchanted elders. Historians ponder, if he were elected, whether America might be less divided.
War. Assassinations. Riots. Violent protest clashes. America was certainly no stranger to political violence, but 1968 appeared to bring the bloodletting to new heights.
How President Johnson’s exit from the 1968 presidential race rocked politics.
It took 20 months for the war crime to come to light.
Turns out, America had made one miscalculation after another.