It is hard to describe the tone of the country now, looking back. All I remember is seeing some of the country triumphant and an entirely other half of the country dejected, wondering how they would live through it all. The calls for resistance and organizing came a few months later, but in the immediate aftermath, there was a haze over everything, one that I imagine will be difficult to explain to people who weren’t living in it. I casually asked folks on the street how they were and got long, honest answers.
