Oct. 25, 1960: Paul Coates uses the gang killing of teenager Manuel Castro, whose crime was being in the wrong neighborhood,  as a point of departure for wondering why some youths reclaim their lives from gangs while others don’t. He summarizes the explanation as: "My friends got caught before they got wise. I got wise before I got caught."

In case you’re wondering, “Didn’t they just have a bus strike?” The answer is yes, in 1958. But not in 1959.