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Aug 26, 2018 · While there was still a bit of suspense about who would emerge as the party’s presidential candidate, unlike today, the bigger story was what was happening outside the International Amphitheater where the convention was held: the protests and riots that likely helped to tip a close election in Republican Richard
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Aug 28, 2018 · On Day 3 of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, police clashed violently with antiwar demonstrators before a rapt television audience of 90 million Americans. The Battle of Michigan Avenue,...
Aug 27, 2018 · Some 3,000 anti-war demonstrators fought a bloody, open battle with an equal contingent of police and Illinois National Guardsmen Wednesday night in an assault on the downtown headquarters of the Democratic National Convention.
- Preparing For The 1968 Convention
- Day 1
- Day 2
The day before, many antiwar protesters congregated in Lincoln Park, about 10 miles from the Democratic National Convention. Mayor Richard J. Daley had initially allowed them to gather but changed his mind that evening. Instead, he ordered the Chicago Police Department to enforce the city’s 11 p.m. curfew, hoping to remove the protesters before the...
The event got off to a shaky start. Television cameras were not allowed to live-broadcast the antiwar demonstrations outside the International Amphitheater but could film what was happening on the convention floor.
The convention became divided between antiwar protesters and Johnson supporters. That night a prime-time debate on Vietnam was delayed until after midnight, when most Americans would be asleep.
Aug 27, 2018 · Policemen advancing against protesters during 1968 convention. That night about a thousand demonstrators defied the curfew, resulting in an estimated 500 police wading into the park waving...
Aug 24, 2018 · 1968 Democratic Conventions Showcased Chaos and Division. The Report. A Deeply Divided Nation. The nation is very polarized today, but it was worse in 1968 when the Democratic National...
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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.
