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In today's protest movement, more than a touch of gray

Nancy F. Goldstein Advertisement Mashpee As a gray-haired protest veteran who participated in the August 1963 March on Washington, I was delighted to read Margaret Morganroth Gullette's op-ed 'Still marching after all these years.' Get The Gavel A weekly SCOTUS explainer newsletter by columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr. Enter Email Sign Up I had noticed the prevalence of war babies and boomers at the Newton 'No Kings' protest on Flag Day and asked my wife, 'Where are the young people?' In contrast to my memory of the protests of the 1960s, there was not an appropriate proportion of young people among the thousands of Newton Centre protesters, and this was somewhat disheartening. Are they inclined toward monarchy or is it just that they can't afford to live in Newton? Harvey Weiner Newton I grew up marching to ban the bomb, for civil rights, and against the Vietnam War. My parents — progressive, secular New York Jews — had met through union organizing. (My mother dated one of the Weavers!) We were one of the relatively few families who hardly experienced a generation gap in the 1960s. Advertisement I often think about my parents today and how they would react to the corruption, authoritarianism, and racism of the Trump administration. They had fought against fascism in World War II and survived the scourges of McCarthyism in the 1950s. Would they be horrified and feel hopeless, as I often do, to watch our country go backward? Or would they see it as a moment, a setback, where the long How I yearn for their wisdom, advice, and fortitude and their reassurance that the country will emerge once again as a beacon of hope and promise. Cyrisse Jaffee Newton