This, then, is the legacy of January 1973. The me generation found its voice, religion became a political force, poverty and civil rights became someone else's problem, and the national will for concerted action for the common good of all its citizens was scattered into a thousand points of light.At some point, perhaps those scattered lights will re-form and reunite to give birth to a rededicated nation, one that includes a place for everyone, opportunity for all, and help for those who need it. After all, it only takes a moment in time and some simultaneity. As Lyndon Johnson so aptly observed in his greatest speech - the We Shall Overcome speech - there are times in America when history and fate meet at a single time in a single space to shape a turning point in man's unending search for freedom.Let us hop such a time is nearing.
~ James Robenalt
