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  2. 1968 Democratic National Convention protests - Wikipedia

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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. The protests lasted approximately seven days, from August 23 to August 29, 1968, and drew an estimated 7,000 to ...

  3. 1968 Democratic National Convention - Wikipedia

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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]

  4. List of incidents of civil unrest in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    1968 Democratic National Convention protest activity - Protesters from the countercultural and anti-Vietnam War attempted to disrupt the Democratic National Convention and clashed with police for several days. 152 officers were wounded as were over 600 protesters and bystanders but no one was killed. 0 752+ October 8–11, 1969 Political

  5. Will protesters, or police, be the problem at the Democratic ...

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    A Chicago police officer sprays mace at anti-Vietnam War demonstrators during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, on Aug. 29, 1968. History of law enforcement scrutiny

  6. Despite smaller crowds, activists at Democrats' convention ...

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    As far as Chicago’s storied protests go, the numbers outside the Democratic National Convention were unremarkable. The stakes were high for Chicago. Despite hosting more political conventions ...

  7. List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States ...

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    1968 – 1968 Democratic National Convention protests, including the police riots of August 27–28, Chicago, Illinois; 1969 – Zip to Zap riot, May 9–11, Zap, North Dakota; 1969 – People's Park Riots, May, Berkeley, California; 1969 – 1969 Greensboro uprising, May 21–25, Greensboro, North Carolina

  8. 'We finally excised the ghosts of 1968': This time, Chicago ...

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    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 ...

  9. List of Democratic National Conventions - Wikipedia

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    10 [1948] Breakaway delegations left the Philadelphia Convention for conventions of the Progressive and States Rights Democratic Parties. The Progressives, meeting on July 23, also in Philadelphia, nominated former Vice President Henry A. Wallace of Iowa for President and Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho for Vice President.