Word: march
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Through March...
...first time ever in America, the works of the often misunderstood Pietro Testa are available for viewing in the Arthur M. Sackler Museum; an additional satellite exhibit is on display in the Fogg Museum, both through March 19. Though Testa is perhaps the least familiar of 17th century Italian graphic artists, he has also been called "the only original and truly Italian etcher" of his time...
...King began preparing for another demonstration. The week after the disastrous march, he delivered one of his most stirring speeches to supporters at Centenary Methodist Church. "I just want to do God's will," he declared. "And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over and seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the Promised Land. And I'm happy % tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine...
...King's funeral in Atlanta, his truth was marching on. Mourners played a tape of his last sermon. "If any of you are around when I have to meet my day . . . I want you to be able to say that day that I did try to feed the hungry . . . that I did try in my life to clothe the naked . . . that I did try in my life to visit those who were in prison . . . that I tried to love and serve humanity." On April 8 in Memphis, 42,000 people walked silently in the march Martin Luther King...
...Marines held out for weeks after being surrounded at Khe Sanh, a redoubt in the chilly, wet South Vietnamese highlands. The heroism under heavy fire reminded many of the French troops who surrendered in 1954 at Dien Bien Phu. But the Marines did not surrender. In March, Westmoreland was replaced as U.S. commander in South Viet Nam by General Creighton Abrams. President Johnson announced he would not run for re-election. In the same month, whispers spread of a horrifying massacre of civilians carried out by U.S. troops at a hamlet called My Lai. In May, North Vietnamese representatives landed...