Sunday 22 January 2012

1965 - Life's a riot

Three civil rights marches, Alabama
Beatings and shootings by Wallace's men
Of black protesters and their white helpers
LBJ's speech says 'We shall overcome'
The troops start to head off to Vietnam
Berkeley students burn their draft cards, teach-ins
Against war there and at the Pentagon
In LA, the Watts riots are burning
Cassius Clay downs Liston in boxing's ring
The Beatles at Shea Stadium and furore
As Dylan goes electric, while the Moon
Is explored by Ranger. Mary Poppins
Wins Oscars. Thunderbirds on TV air
Che leaves Cuba, the Moors Murders sicken

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