Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

Protesters were shutting down Universities, it happened at my school, demanding the Vietnam War be stopped. The rednecks and the police (for lack of a better term) were often violent in retaliation, waving their flags and kicking hippies asses when they could. The Black Panthers were also active at that time. Until Kennedy, Gene McCarthy was the only candidate running on an anti-war platform. When Kennedy jumped in it seemed like it was going to happen. He was very charismatic and appealing. MLK was killed in April of 68 I believe and Kennedy in June. I've always thought the powers behind the scenes had something to do with it, they were not going to let the country change that radically. It's sad really, because we got Nixon and the chance we had was gone.