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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 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. The protests lasted approximately seven days, from August 23 to August 29, 1968, and drew an estimated 7,000 to ...
Vice President Hubert Humphrey and U.S. Senator Edmund Muskie wave from the podium at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. When the 1968 Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago, thousands of young activists from around the nation gathered in the city to protest the Vietnam War. On the evening of August 28, in a clash ...
I am old enough to remember 1968. And how that year of protests did not end well for Democrats. True, America in 1968 was more turbulent than in 2024. Assassinations roiled the world, including ...
The sky above Chicago is bright and blue as Democrats gather this week to pitch their vision for America on live TV over the next four nights. But no matter how high the hopes of the faithful ...
Journalist Bill Kurtis, who was 28 when he covered the 1968 convention, told CBS News, “It is eerily similar.” “As Democrats gather in Chicago, the spirit of ’68 is a painful memory ...
This was just one of a number of Columbia University protests of 1968. The August 1968 Democratic National Convention became the venue for huge demonstrations against the Vietnam War and the Johnson Administration. It culminated in a riot, seen as part of television coverage of the convention, when Chicago police waded into crowds in front of ...
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