Thursday, March 12, 2009

Carbondale and the 1970 Riots

Sat in on the City's comprehensive plan meeting last night along with councilman Joel Fritzler. It was interesting to hear people bringing up the May riots of 1970 and the tear gassing by the National Guard. I'm not sure how relevant they are to today's situation, except that there still seems a strong undercurrent of antipathy towards the university among long-time C'dale residents as a result of the riots and the university's response to them.

More on the actual meeting later

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