July 9, 1968
by Janine Stephenson
We haven’t seen Baby John in several days, which makes me sad. He’s now spending time with a D.C. poverty project. I think he’s moved in to their boarding house as well. He was discouraged by our efforts being wasted. At least that’s what he called it.
I don’t feel as wasted anymore. The campaign is inefficient, true, but I can’t complain any longer. For the month of July, we’re going to help out on the election question hotline. This is a special line that delegates, volunteers and staff can call into if they have any questions. I’m so excited about it.
Plus, it means that we’ll get to meet people instead of staying in a conference room folding brochures. Which is especially good because my fingers were getting too many paper cuts.
About Project 1968
- Project 1968 is a blog docu-novel about the lives of two young women on their way to the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago.
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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Books on the '60s
- I Ain't Marchin' Anymore! by Dotson Rader
- The Battle for Morningside Heights by Roger Kahn
- To Goof or Not To Goof by Dick Clark
- Burn, Baby, Burn!: The Los Angeles Race Riot, August 1965 by Jerry Cohen and William S. Murphy
- The Choices We Face by Lyndon Baines Johnson
- In Touch by John Steinbeck IV
- The Trial of Dr. Spock by Jessica Mitford
- Looking Back: A Chronicle of Growing Up Old in the Sixties by Joyce Maynard
Notes
The News in 1968
- August 18 - 24, 1968
- August 11 - 17, 1968
- August 4 - 10, 1968
- July 28 - August 3, 1968
- July 14 - 20, 1968
- July 7 - 13, 1968
- July 1 - 6, 1968
- June 23 - 30, 1968
- June 16 - 22, 1968
- June 9 - 15, 1968
- June 2 - 8, 1968
- May 26 - June 1, 1968
- May 19 - 25, 1968
- May 12 - 18, 1968
- May 5 - May 11, 1968
- April 28 - May 4, 1968
- April 21 - 27, 1968
- April 14 - 20, 1968
- April 7 - 13, 1968
- March 31 - April 6, 1968
- March 25 - 30, 1968
- March 10 - 17, 1968
- March 2 - 9, 1968
- February 25 - March 1, 1968
- February 18 - 24, 1968
- February 11 - 17, 1968
- February 4 - 10, 1968
- January 28 - February 3, 1968
- January 21 - 27, 1968
- January 14 - 20, 1968
- January 1-13 in New Hampshire, Part 3
- January 1-13 in New Hampshire, Part 2
- January 1-13 in New Hampshire, Part 1
Interviews
Ephemera
Further Reading & Listening
- Chicago:1968 by Len Kody & Jenny Frison, letters by Kurt Hathaway
- 1968 Conference
- 1968/2008 — The Inheritance of Politics and the Politics of Inheritance
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
- Pacifica Radio Archives | 1968 Revolution Rewind
- BBC - Radio 4 - 1968 Myth or Reality?
- Dean Blobaum's Chicago 1968
- Electing the President by the League of Women Voters
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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.
