The 1968 Democratic Convention



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In 1968 the Democratic Party held its national convention to nominate its presidential candidate in Chicago, Illinois. Outside the convention, violence broke out between anti-Vietnam War protestors and the Chicago police. Although many observers believed the police acted with excessive force, many others blamed the antiwar demonstrators for the bloodshed.

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Political Convention; Protests in the 1960s; United States (History); Chicago (city, Illinois); President of the United States; Anti-Vietnam War Movement; Chicago Convention of 1968

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