I was around and active during the Vietnam War and before. The common conception is that peace is a state of boring, non-action. I think this has more than a little truth in it. Very few people are actually planning for a future peacetime. I think there's still healing needed.
Truth IS a great healer.
No one's ever asked for an account of my experiences. I'll start and also add some random memories that just occur to me. I think the movements evolved from each other. I became aware of civil rights issues when I was about 7 or 8 years old. I remember that one of his friends killed himself because he couldn't get a job to support his family after being called before the committee.