“We arrived in Berkeley the day after the riots in San
Francisco following the verdict for the ex-cop who killed Harvey Milk and Mayor
Moscone. The six of us spent a month or so looking for a place to live. Most
landlords rejected any thought of renting to us as soon as they saw our scruffy
lot. Eventually, we did find a place. After listening to the landlord, who
happened to be the second largest slumlord in the Eastbay, tell us how hard it
was to be rich, we got the keys and moved in. Six of us in three bedrooms. We
weren't a collective so much as we were a collection of people. We celebrated
our new abode with a case or two of malt liquor and a gallon of wine. Bob
Dylan's live album from Budokan was the newest album on our playlist. Jimmy
Carter made a speech about a national malaise related to Washington's defeat in
Vietnam and the corruption and fascist tendencies that had been exposed by the
Watergate bust and investigation. The Sandinistas were our latest heroes as
they fought their way towards an eventual victory in Nicaragua. Nicaragua's
malaise was being wiped away by revolution.”
From History.com:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jimmy-carter-speaks-about-a-national-crisis-in-confidence
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