1968 Democratic National Convention protests information
Anti-Vietnam War protests and resulting police brutality in Chicago
1968 Democratic National Convention protests
Part of the 1968 U.S. presidential election, the Protests of 1968, Opposition to the Vietnam War and political violence in the United States during the Cold War
Chicago police drag an anti-Vietnam war protester across Michigan Avenue on August 28, 1968, during the Democratic National Convention as the crowd chants "The whole world is watching".
Date
August 23–29, 1968
Location
Chicago, Illinois
Parties
Protesters
Youth International Party
National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam
Students for a Democratic Society
Women Strike for Peace
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Security forces
Chicago Police Department
Illinois National Guard
US Army
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States Secret Service
Democratic Party
Lead figures
Abbie Hoffman Jerry Rubin Rennie Davis Tom Hayden David Dellinger
Richard J. Daley
Casualties
Death(s)
1 civilian killed
Injuries
500+ protestors 100+ other civilians 152 police officers
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Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War
Edmonton aircraft bombing
March Against the Vietnam War
Human Be-In
Angry Arts week
March on the Pentagon
Columbia University protests of 1968
1968 Democratic National Convention protest activity
Bed-Ins for Peace
Weather High School Jailbreaks
Days of Rage
Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam
Greenwich Village townhouse explosion
Free The Army tour
Kent State shootings
Student strike of 1970
Hard Hat Riot
Sterling Hall bombing
1971 May Day protests
1960s Berkeley protests
Central Park be-ins
Draft evasion in the Vietnam War
G.I. movement
Vietnam War protests at the University of Michigan
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.
Many left-wing[1] counterculture and anti-Vietnam War groups, as well as supporters of anti-war Democratic candidate Eugene McCarthy, began planning protests, marches, and demonstrations in response to the convention and the impending presidential nomination of Democratic vice-president nominee Hubert Humphrey. There were several attempts by local Chicago authorities to prevent the protests from occurring; however, they were unsuccessful. Thus, the city promised "law and order" in order to supress the protesters. As a result, many protesters, reporters, and bystanders were met with unprecedented levels of police brutality and police violence by the Chicago Police Department, particularly in Grant Park and Michigan Avenue in Chicago during the convention. The actions by Chicago police, the Illinois National Guard, and other law enforcement agencies were later described by the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence as a "police riot".[2][3]
During the evening of August 28, 1968, with the police riot occurring on Michigan Avenue in front of the Democratic party's convention headquarters, the Conrad Hilton hotel, television networks broadcast live as the anti-war protesters began the now-iconic chant "The whole world is watching".
^"A look back at the 1968 Democratic National Convention". MSNBC.com. 2014-08-28. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
^Achenbach, Joel (August 24, 2018). "'A party that had lost its mind': In 1968, Democrats held one of history's most disastrous conventions". The Washington Post.
^"The Chicago Seven Conspiracy Trial: Historical Documents: Walker Report summary". Federal Judicial Center. Archived from the original on February 24, 2017.
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