55 years ago this week I bought this t-shirt for $5 in Lawrence KS. That was the week after 4 students were killed at an anti-Vietnam protest at Kent State. I was finishing my sophomore year at university, and the shirt was new then. It ss a bit old and worn today (just like me).
That was a very polarized period in the history of this country, as is the current era. I will be amazed (and grateful) if we get out of this one without protestors being shot. Students are still targets (especially international students), but lots of others have targets on them today. And lawlessness at the top is even more pronounced than it was in 1970.
I do wish that the the arc of history would bend in the direction of justice just a little faster. But the struggle continues.