Belafonte 1968 – Artistry, Acumen & Activism!

tained heavy losses.

By Vincent L. Hall

1968 was a tumultuous year. Historians have chronicled 1968 as one of the most tragic and traumatic in America's brief history. 1968 featured a complicated, convoluted series of events that created cataclysmic social repercussions.

Only God above knew that Dr. Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy would fall to assassins’ bullets. Although many conspiracy theorists believe the FBI had a good idea that King's assassination was imminent.

One article in “The Smithsonian” led with “1968, the year that shattered America.” Anti-war and civil rights protests, assassinations, and political upheaval ruled the day.

The year of “shock and awe” began in late January 1968, during the lunar new year (or “Tet”) holiday. North Vietnamese and communist Viet Cong forces launched a coordinated attack. As a result of the "Tet Offensive," the U.S. and South Vietnamese militaries sus-