‘73-74 Danbury high was closed due to race riots. I was there ‘74-75,the place was in lockdown with heavy security. Quite a culture shock for a kid from the sticks.
1/2 of Stamford, including the old downtown, was razed during the MLK assassination riots. There was a sheet marble memorial to all the WW1 kia that was smashed.
strange...1975 on the base all the Negro enlisted personnel tried a sitdown in the base mess hall! if they were in their 1st enlistment, bad conduct discharge, 5 years in air force prison in Denver. if they were in second enlistment, got shipped to Thule airbase, Greenland, or, Reykjavik, Iceland, tillthe end of their enlistment, then general discharge at the convenience of the vovernment.