GIVE PEACE A CHANCE. The mantra sung and chanted and begged for in 1969. 1969. War rages and protests break out all over. Charles Manson cult members murder 5 people. Hurricane kills 248 people. Chappaquiddick (look it up). Police raid a gay club in New York City. The Stonewall Riot ensues. 1969. GIVE PEACE A CHANCE. What the messenger asked of a young, brown-skinned, oppressed, poor girl named Mary. 4 BCish. Herod the Great kills his own family to hold onto his reign of brut