All Along The Watchtower By Jimi Hendrix

"There must be some kind of way out of here,"
Said the joker to the thief,
"There's too much confusion,
I can't get no relief.
Businessman they drink my wine,
Plowman dig my earth
None will level on the line, nobody offered his word, hey"

"No reason to get excited,"
The thief, he kindly spoke
"There are many here among us
Who feel that life is but a joke
But you and I, we've been through that
And this is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late"

All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view
While all the women came and went
Barefoot servants, too

Outside in the cold distance
A wildcat did growl
Two riders were approaching
And the wind began to howl
*buisness man there, drink my wine,
Come and take my herb.

We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

Animals, Eric Burdon

In this dirty old part of the city
Where the sun refused to shine
People tell me there ain't no use in tryin'
Now my girl you're so young and pretty
And one thing I know is true
You'll be dead before your time is due, I know
Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin'
Watched his hair been turnin' grey

He's been workin' and slavin' his life away
Oh yes I know it
He's been workin' so hard, yeah
I've been workin' too, baby, yeah
Every night and day, yeah
We gotta get out of this place
If it's the last thing we ever do
We gotta get out of this place
Cause girl, there's a better life for me and you
Now my girl you're so young and pretty
And one thing I know is true, yeah

You'll be dead before your time is due, I know it
Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin'
Watched his hair been turnin' grey, yeah
He's been workin' and slavin' his life away
I know he's been workin' so hard
I've been workin' too, baby, yeah
Every day baby, yeah
Wow, yeah...
We gotta get out of this place

If it's the last thing we ever do
We gotta get out of this place
Girl, there's a better life for me and you
Somewhere baby, somehow I know it
We gotta get out of this place
If it's the last thing we ever do

We gotta get out of this place
Girl, there's a better life for me and you
Believe me baby, I know it baby
You know it too

Paint it Black by The Rolling Stones
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love, both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a newborn baby it just happens ev'ryday

No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not forsee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes

I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

Hmm, hmm, hmm...

I wanna see it painted black, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun, blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Yeah

Hmm, hmm, hmm...

5 original Poems!

Who Are They?

By Chase

Who are they to take my rights

They cant do this to me

I work just as hard all darn night

Is there a difference that I don’t see?

Do they have some kind of unknown might?

Do they deserve more then me?

Civil Rights Haiku

By: Chase

I’m as good as them

I am no less then they are

But I feel much less

Is it True?

By: Chase

They set us Free

But they set segregate

They won’t let us be

I’m starting to speculate

Are they treating us fairly?

We get what we want

By: Chase?

We get what we want

Whether you like it or not

Voting you flaunt

Like it belongs to your lot

Well we are humans too

We want to start voting

Our minds are not skew

With our help we will be coasting.

FIRST!

By: Chase

We were here first

Your lot is the worst

You took it from us

Now it’s time to adjust

We want some rights

You know we can fight.

Vietnam Video 2

3 diary entries

“During the period that Lieutenant Colonel John James Jones, a hawk-nosed
infantry officer from California, commanded the 40th Inf. Battalion. There was
little doubt in anyone's mind as to who was in charge. Sometimes within an
Army outfit the Battalion Operations Officer or the Battalion Sergeant
Major will try to run the battalion, but when LTC Jones assumed command in
December 1968, he let everyone know that he followed the principles of Unity
of Command and Chain of Command. LTC Jones relied heavily on his company
commanders, usually senior 1st Lieutenants or junior Captains, but he also
made sure that his company commanders knew who their superior was, and
that the orders would come from only one person within the battalion as long
as he held the position of battalion commander. I seriously and honestly
believe that one of the main reasons why so few men from the 40th Inf.
were killed or seriously wounded while in Vietnam was the excellent leadership
exhibited by Jones in the management of the battalion."

-Sergeant Williams, 40^th Battalion

"Because of the throng, because of the clashes that had occurred between youth and police, the mood and temper of the crowd were considered of paramount importance for the safety of all. Stress was placed at trooper briefings on the maintenance of friendly relations. There was to be no show of riot helmets or batons. Nor was there any need for them. The mood of the crowd was one of friendliness, consideration, sharing and togetherness. But, I was enjoying myself despite the chaos. Men everywhere. Women everywhere. Life. Love. Joy. People are smoking and getting high in protest of the overseas mayhem. The police believe they can resist and make our cries mute, but we are heard. Always we are heard."

            -Psychedelic Jim, Woodstock, 1969

“I am a native of Tennessee and the daughter of a Baptist preacher and Civil Rights activist. My school was integrated when I was in the first grade, the same year that Arkansas' "Little Rock Nine" had to be escorted to high school under the protection of the U.S. Army. I was victim of acts of crime committed by evil, disgusting white men who threw things at me, and beat my mother. The worst of it all was that I was a little boy who had no choice for being black, but I am anyway. I was brought up being told that blacks are worthless. Why was that? Aren’t we all equal at birth?”

            -Jamal Johnson, 1967

America's Hard Learned Lessons

The 1960’s, a time of activism, and speaking out against what many thought was wrong, led to multiple changes in government and the economy. Conflicts in America took over and consumed politics and civilians in this era. Problems with the civil rights of African Americans, the anti-war effort, and even issues within the government caused trouble on a national scale. America’s government and civilians learned from their mistakes of the 1960’s, such as, civil rights, anti-war protests, the Vietnam War, and presidential elections by changing laws and being more tolerant.

Civil rights were a huge issue during the 60’s, considering African Americans haven’t ever been completely “free,” per say, ever since they arrived as slaves in the 1800’s. Blacks weren’t the only people whose goal was to gain more freedom; women were fighting for equality in the workplace and in society as well. Marches and picket lines were a common occurrence, but positive results for the protestors were uncommon and often turned into violent incidents. Laws against women’s rights and black’s equality were socially unnecessary and had to be changed. We as a country learned our lesson by assimilating to their desires. Even in minor issues such as collegiate sports, affirmative action was enforced and women had to have to same amount of sports as men. Women were granted the ability to cast their vote after this era when the government found that they deserved that right. Like the women, the blacks fought for their constitutional rights during the 60’s, which led to many protests, often violent. Martin Luther King Jr., a pacifist and prominent civil rights activist, led many of the nonviolent protests of the era, but was assassinated by a white man as a result. We learned that blacks had an equal amount of rights as us and were allowed to assimilate completely into our society after the 1960’s.

Anti-war protestors were another cause of disturbance in America in the 1960’s. The government was disrupted due to the “hippy” invasion of America during this time. The president and his associates disliked this group of pacifists because they criticized their role in Vietnam. The whole reason Nixon launched his “war on drugs” was due to the hippies’ lust for it in the first place. He thought if he eliminated drugs, he could eliminate the hippy protestors. As a nation today, we still have drugs, marijuana in particular, illegal, which is an aspect of life we learned from back then. We were in Vietnam in the first place to contain the power of communism from spreading. We were in over our heads then because we were outnumbered and lost thousands of men due to the conscription of civilians to the war. A lesson learned from that was the elimination of a war draft. We no longer have drafts for any war. The Vietnam War led to numerous changes in our government and social life.

Many things were changed with respect to presidential elections at this juncture of the 60’s and 70’s as well. June 17, 1972, the committee of Richard Nixon’s Republican Party broke into the Democratic Party offices to steal official information regarding their strategies for defeating Nixon in the ensuing election. Nixon was accused of covering up the scandal and was unsuccessful in his campaign and was later impeached. This led to many new wave ideas in elections in the future. The media became more aggressive in their following of the campaigns and led to vast campaign finance reforms. So, in light of these scandals, we learned lessons for our mistakes.

America’s citizens, government included, learned many lessons involving civil rights, anti-war efforts, the Vietnam War, and presidential elections, by changing policies and attitudes toward these issues. Since we are a diverse culture, with millions of people, there is an inevitable possibility for contempt toward ideas. Nothing in the country can always be perfect, but we can always learn from what we did wrong the times before.