Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held August 26–29 at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Earlier that year incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson had announced he would not seek reelection, thus making the purpose of the convention to select a new presidential nominee for the Democratic Party. [1]
The 1968 Democratic National Convention, held in Chicago, was marked by significant protests and clashes between demonstrators and police, [4] reflecting the deep divisions within the nation. The 1968 election saw Republican Party candidate Richard Nixon emerge victorious, defeating Humphrey and third-party candidate George Wallace.
The whole world is watching. 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". " The whole world is watching " was a phrase chanted by anti-Vietnam War demonstrators as they were beaten and arrested by police ...
Instead, they elevated Johnson’s vice president, Hubert Humphrey, as their nominee at the Democratic National Convention – which, like it will be this summer, was held in Chicago that year too ...
President Joe Biden spoke at the Democratic National Convention, capping off the first night of the historic proceedings. Watch his full speech here.
August 23, 2024 at 3:58 AM. Until recently, it looked like this summer’s Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago would be a fraught affair. Former President Donald Trump had just dodged ...
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".
In this August 1968 photo, police and demonstrators clash near the Conrad Hilton Hotel during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. - Bettmann Archive/Getty Images A different kind of ...