Chicago will host the 2024 DNC convention but is is worth exploring the most tear-gassed convention in 1968.
The parallels are amazing.
History rhymes.
SHOW NOTES:
Bill Kurtis remembers the 1968 Democratic National Convention
Part 1: 'The Whole World's Watching: 20 Years Later,' A 1988 CBS 2 Documentar
Part 2: 'The Whole World's Watching: 20 Years Later,' A 1988 CBS 2 Documentary
Part 3: 'The Whole World's Watching: 20 Years Later,' A 1988 CBS 2 Documentary
Part 4: 'The Whole World's Watching: 20 Years Later,' A 1988 CBS 2 Documentary
Part 5: 'The Whole World's Watching: 20 Years Later,' A 1988 CBS 2 Documentary
ABC7: Days of Rage
Boss
The Guardian: The Whole World is Watching
Politico: Looking Back and the 1968 DNC
Chicago Sun Times: Royko on Daley during the DNC
The LBJ Call
Dan Rather gets Punched
ProPublica:Protests and Blaming the Media. Sound Familiar? That Was During the ’68 Democratic National Convention.
ProPublilca: Looking at the Archives from the Time of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and Seeing Familiar Themes
Chicago Sun Times: Royko on Daley during the DNC
Washington Post: ‘A party that had lost its mind’: In 1968, Democrats held one of history’s most disastrous conventions
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