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March 29, 1968
by Janine Stephenson

I did my thing today. Didn’t have much to say and even less enthusiasm to say it. I stayed inside and looked myself in a supply closet. Not literally. But I offered to reorganize supplies.

Sometimes I wonder if The Senator is really the answer. Maybe he’s just like the rest of them, as someone back in Concord said. “They’re all a bunch of bums. Every single one of them.”

I started to think about what would happen if I was born with darker skin. What it would be like? Would Becca still be friends with me? Would I still be going to college?

Would I still be trusted? Would people in New Hampshire still have listened to me?

I don’t know.


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About Project 1968

  • Started in January 2008, Project 1968 is a blog docu-novel about the lives of two young women on their way to the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago.

    It is a way to look at the day-to-day happenings from 40 years earlier. It was created solely by independent writer and researcher, Laura Axelrod.

    Janine Stephenson, an 18-year old freshman from the University of Wisconsin, took the semester off to campaign for Senator Eugene McCarthy. She is accompanied by her best friend, Becca.

    Amy, a 23-year old anti-war protester, works at a well-known peace group in Chicago.

    Links to source notes, ephemera and commentary are located at the bottom of many entries. Comments are allowed on these back pages

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  • Project 1968 is copyright 2007 by Laura Axelrod. All rights reserved. It is registered with the Writers Guild. This is a work of fiction and any resemblance between the characters and persons living or dead is purely coincidental. Content cannot be copied or redistributed without the express written consent of the author.