Milestone moments do not a year make. Often, it’s the smaller news stories that add up, gradually, to big history. With that in mind, in 2017 TIME History will revisit the entire year of 1967, week by week, as it was reported in the pages of TIME. Catch up on last week’s installment here. Week 21: May 26, 1967 In the wake of Muhammad Ali’s very public refusal to fight in Vietnam, TIME’s cover story took an in-depth look at the often paradoxical situation facing the African-American population in relation to the War in Vietnam.