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Democratic National Convention planning hampered by fears Brandon Johnson will ‘defend’ protesters
Johnson's critics worry that he won't rein in protesters and that the convention will be reminiscent of the riots during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, which was also in Chicago.
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Five takeaways from Day One of the Democratic National Convention
CHICAGO (The Hill) — A Democratic National Convention like no other got underway ... period from the twin traumas of the ...
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3 Lessons For Today From The Disastrous Democratic Convention Of 1968
Riot police gathered outside the Democratic National Convention at the International Amphitheatre in ... [+] Chicago, August 26th 1968. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley unleashed waves of enraged ...
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Israel, Gaza and Josh Shapiro: What we’re watching for during the Democratic National Convention
Democrats heading into their convention ... Democratic convention into a nexus of chaos, led to a controversial trial and saw images of bloodshed spread across global news broadcasts. The 1968 ...
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The 1968 scandal that gave us the modern primary system
But everything changed after the Democratic National Convention in 1968 ... all hell broke loose. The riots, police violence, and lack of party unity paved the way for a Republican victory ...
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1968 Campaign
the riot in Baltimore lasted five days. Robert Kennedy’s life was taken in June. Two months later, the Democratic National Convention was punctuated by violent encounters between Chicago police ...