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  1. www.nbcnews.com · politics · 2024-electionThis time, Chicago convention wows the world: 'We finally ...

    Aug 23, 2024 · Still, for months, many pundits predicted a Democratic National Convention in Chicago this year would devolve into a scene out of 1968’s Vietnam era convention held in the city with days of ...

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  3. www.history.com · news · 1968-democratic-conventionWe Were There: The 1968 Democratic Convention | HISTORY

    Aug 16, 2024 · 1968 Riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The ’68 convention boxes were among some 300 boxes of letters, diaries, documents and memorabilia that Dick had carted around for 50 ...

  4. www.nejh.org · post · looking-back-1968-dnc-riotsLooking Back: 1968 DNC Riots Fifty Years Later - nejh.org

    Aug 26, 2018 · By Erin RedihanAugust 26, 2018This month marks fifty years since the contentious 1968 Democratic National Convention. This convention made headline news for more than the usual reasons. 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 ...

  5. www.democracynow.org · 2018/8/28 · 50_years_ago50 Years Ago: Antiwar Protesters Brutally Attacked in Police ...

    Aug 28, 2018 · AMY GOODMAN: Well, today, we revisit the historic events that unfolded 50 years ago at the 1968 Chicago Democratic National Convention with some of those who were arrested for their actions there ...

  6. historynewsnetwork.org · article · how-the-1968How the 1968 Democratic convention fomented today's culture wars

    Aug 28, 2018 · Fifty years ago today, one of the fiercest battles of the 1960s took place not in the jungles of Vietnam, but on the streets of Chicago. On Day 3 of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, police ...

  7. en.wikipedia.org · wiki · 1968_Democratic_National1968 Democratic National Convention protests - Wikipedia

    Part of the 1968 U.S. presidential election, the Protests of 1968, Opposition to the Vietnam War and political violence in the United States during the Cold War. Chicago police drag an anti-Vietnam war protester across Michigan Avenue on August 28, 1968, during the Democratic National Convention as the crowd chants " The whole world is watching ".

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  9. www.history.com · 1960s · 1968-democratic-convention1968 Democratic Convention ‑ Protests, Yippies, Witnesses ...

    Mar 16, 2018 · The Democratic Convention of 1968 was held August 26-29 in Chicago, Illinois. As delegates flowed into the International Amphitheatre to nominate a Democratic Party presidential candidate, tens of ...