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With 80% of the D.C. police force being white and 67% of the city being black, tension between police and the community rose along with tension between whites and blacks before 1968. Harsh police tactics, which started in the South in the 1960s to put a buffer on civil rights protests, left inner-city nationwide blacks more scared of police ...
Aug 28, 2018 · On Aug. 28, 1968, violent clashes in Chicago between demonstrators and the police produced one of the most polarizing showdowns of the 1960s. People are still debating what it all meant....
Feb 23, 2018 · Two assassinations, a bloody war, violent protests, racial unrest, colorful hippies, a celebration of sex and rebellion, and John Lennon’s countercultural anthem, “Revolution”—1968 had them...
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Aug 28, 2018 · How did it come about? Some persons, including the majority of the Texas delegation, would have you believe that the police and national guard courageously were protecting delegates from...
Jun 9, 2020 · Part of what made Walker’s account widely credible, and a bit of common ground with the George Floyd protests, was the fact that so many Americans saw the police misconduct, since it was ...
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Jul 21, 2010 · 1968. Protests at Democratic National Convention in Chicago. On August 28, 1968, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, thousands of Vietnam War protesters battle police in the...
Injuries. 500+ protestors. 100+ other civilians. 152 police officers. The 1968 Democratic National Convention protests were a series of protests against the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War that took place prior to and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
