27 Older Americans Shared The Ways The Country Has Changed Through Multiple Presidents
April 1, 2025
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“I was in high school when John Kennedy was shot. I grew up on a farm in Minnesota, and my family was strongly Republican. My first vote was for President Nixon, and I watched the Senate hearings in disbelief. I had little experience with Black Americans, but I was shocked by the violence against them during the Civil Rights Movement. I swallowed the trickle-down theory of Ronald…