To the editor: Throughout my household’s memorable cross-country journeys through the summer time of 1964, I glimpsed a few of the adjustments going down in our nation. Sucking on motel ice cubes in our unconditioned Rambler, this 9-year-old ogled cotton fields and colored-only fountains within the South, gaped on the technological future on show on the New York world’s truthful, toured the White Home and dined on the Capitol restaurant on July 1. (“Will 2022 flip the clock again to America earlier than 1964?” Opinion, July 1)
The very subsequent day, President Johnson signed the momentous Civil Rights Act.
I matriculated into faculty life with contraceptive decisions and the brand-new Roe vs. Wade determination in drive. Each performed a task in my life, as they've for nearly each lady on this nation. I used to be cognizant and grateful to come back of age throughout that enlightened second.
The zeitgeist of freedom through the tumultuous Sixties is palpable within the enraged response to the present social and judicial upheaval. Though I'm shocked by the dire predictions of revered historians, my optimism veers towards these engaged Individuals, younger and previous, who pursue the clear path of democracy over autocracy.
Mary MacGregor, La Quinta
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To the editor: America is certainly at an inflection level. The forces of intolerance, racism and ignorance are on the march. And in contrast to 1964, this Christo-fascist base has a hammerlock on our as soon as “conservative” occasion, the GOP.
These antifreedom fighters even have an establishment prepared and capable of assist and abet their mission, the U.S. Supreme Court docket. In 1964, liberal and enlightened considering was totally encased with Chief Justice Earl Warren and the excessive courtroom. And in contrast to Joe Biden, we had a president who totally embraced liberalism in Lyndon Johnson.
I see no good end result in our current circumstances. Our establishments won't increase the nice American experiment. Fairly the opposite, they are going to be a bulwark in opposition to liberty and justice going ahead.
Sadly, we can not depend on your common, on a regular basis American to save lots of the ship. They're far too busy gazing their smartphones.
Bob Teigan, Santa Susana
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