b'1968: The Extraordinary Eventsof a Memorable Year(archived lecture)By Prof. Leonard Steinhorn, American University October 11, 2 p.m. (Ashcroft Movie Theater)The Sixties was an era animated by youthfulidealism and frustrated by political disappointment. The decade ended still clinging to those ideals,but also sobered by the realities of war, protestand unrest. To grasp the Sixties generation, wemust journey through 1968. It was a year when thecountry looked to larger-than-life leaders to guide us out of war and division, only to see them felled by assassins bullets. We saw no light at the end of the tunnel in Vietnam. We saw Black Power meet law and order. 1968 was like an electrical stormthat charged the emerging culture wardefining us for decades. Leonard Steinhorn (American U.) serves as a political analyst for CBS News and is a frequent contributor to The Washington Post. 39'