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I've always known that the 1960s were a turbulent time with the Vietnam war and the Civil Rights movement going on. But I don't recall ever having heard before about the radical left-wing organization, the Weather Underground, and that they actually bombed places including the Pentagon. Reading about that, and about the Days of Rage riots, and about how Black Panther Fred Hampton was murdered by police, gives me more of a sense of just how unstable things must have felt back then.
I also find it interesting that to the best of my recall, my American History classes never mentioned the Haymarket Riot that happened in Chicago in 1886. I have much respect for the people back then who fought and struggled for labor rights and an 8-hour work day.
It also intrigued me that the leaflets from back then pictured on the Wikipedia page were written both in English and German. Even though I have German ancestry, I hadn't realized there was so much immigration from Germany to the U.S. even before the 1900s.
I also find it interesting that to the best of my recall, my American History classes never mentioned the Haymarket Riot that happened in Chicago in 1886. I have much respect for the people back then who fought and struggled for labor rights and an 8-hour work day.
It also intrigued me that the leaflets from back then pictured on the Wikipedia page were written both in English and German. Even though I have German ancestry, I hadn't realized there was so much immigration from Germany to the U.S. even before the 1900s.