The Longform Guide to 1968
The My Lai Massacre
Dispatches revealing the March 1968 murder of 109 Vietnamese civilians during a search-and-destroy mission on a rumored Viet Gong stronghold, often referred to in military circles as Pinkville, actually the village of My Lai.
Seymour M. Hersh St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jul 1968 20min
The Anguish of a Team Divided
How the racism of white players and coaches ruined the NFL’s St. Louis Cardinals.
Jack Olsen Sports Illustrated Dec 1968 15min
Two Minutes to Midnight: The Very Last Hurrah
An eyewitness account of Robert Kennedy’s assassination.
Pete Hamill Village Voice Jun 1968 15min
"Astral Weeks"
On Van Morrison’s grounbreaking album, which was released in November 1968.
Lester Bangs Nov 1979 15min
Day 4: Lunar Orbits 4, 5 and 6
From the Apollo 8 flight journal.
I've Been to the Mountaintop
The speech Martin Luther King, Jr delivered the day before he died.
Martin Luther King, Jr Apr 1968 20min
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