Ron Schulz lived through the turbulence and chaotic scenes of the American state, during the movements against racial segregation. Driven by youthful exuberance and desire for an equal society for everyone, Ron took active part in the 1960’s and 1970’s revolutions. He got arrested on felony charges among other accusations that carried stiff penalties. Despite being below age 18, he ended up spending days in a county jail as well as several months in a mental hospital.
The Party at the End of the Rainbow is a thrilling real-life story. It vividly captured the heroic efforts made by Black freedom fighters, some of whom were martyred. Even though the American society hasn’t actually become fully enabling for Blacks, but most of the positive changes today were brought about by the sacrifices of martyrs like Martin Luther King, Malcom X etc. There were others like Ron who also contributed in their own little ways.
This book is highly recommended for anyone that wants to know more about the struggles of Blacks back in those days. It captured the endurance, brickbats, and shear suicidal bravery of Black youths that were determined to stop racial segregation against them. Caught in-between was the politics of that era, the popular hippy lifestyle and some other intriguing cultures that have faded over the years.
BIO: RONALD SCHULZ was born in 1952 in Chicago. He dropped out to explore the Sixties radical counterculture before hitchhiking across Europe and Africa on a roundabout Buddhist pilgrimage to Nepal. Now a semi-retired hobo, and a new author writing his honest history of those tumultuous times, he hopes to honor the memory of departed friends before he too vanishes from this planet. He has taken advanced writing classes at the University of Washington and Hugo House. Ronald is a father of two, grandfather of three, who believes in living life to the fullest, regardless of circumstances
