History is Not Kind

A look at the meaning of Gerald Ford's presidency
http://stillhomeron.blogspot.com/2018/10/history-is-not-kind.html

Red Headed Stranger released May 27, 1975

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/red-headed-stranger-19750828

Late April 1975--University of Maryland College Park

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EVqaWngWjnyp0ddhSIK8L6GZu6OuAVdB/view?usp=sharing

White House Crooks Sentenced to Prison February 22, 1975

Three of Nixon's right hand men (including the Attorney General John Mitchell) sentenced to federal prison for some of their crimes in the Watergate scandal.....it was a good day....

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1q-rct0Tsprwp8VgoBANr7KdbZmdjOaNI

First Minute of a New Day....

On January 25, 1975 Gil Scott Heron and the Midnight Band released the album First Minute of a New Day.  This link is to the song "Winter in America," which appeared on the previous album in a slightly different version....

War Is Over 1975

May 11, 1975  War is Over concert in Central Park, NYC.  Saigon was liberated days before....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqrkPP_g8Xs

I write about another celebration in College Park, MD...in my book Daydream Sunset...

Bombings in Puerto Rico and Manhattan, January 1975

On January 11, 1975, Cuban exile (gusanos) CIA-paid terrorists killed two young Peurto Rican Independentistas and maimed a child in a restaurant in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.  A couple weeks later, the FALN set off a bomb in a tavern in the Wall Street district of Manhattan in response.  They issued a communique to go with the attack.  Here is the link:
http://freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC22_scans/22.defense.armed.struggle.1975.pdf

Two Movies released the week of September 21, 1975

The first film is one of Al Pacino's best.  Based on the true story of a Deadhead who tried to rob a bank in the Village and, when it failed, turned it onto a hostage situation, director Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon remains a classic that truly captures a certain essence of the time....This clip is one of my favorite moments...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB6Gk5EtunI

The second film, Nashville, directed by Robert Altman and featuring a cast of mostly unknowns, is a point on look at US presidential elections, US culture and its absurdities and racism, among other things.  Film critic and Literature professor Bob Niemi has a great take on this film in his 2016 book

The Cinema of Robert Altman: Hollywood Maverick .  Here is a clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjnRX__xyMs