"Oftentimes, it is forgotten that there was a Democratic Convention between 1968 and now," Police Superintendent Larry Snelling told reporters last week. "It was a success." He was speaking of ...

Marked by turmoil, tragedy and triumph, 1968 was a roller coaster. Political protests hit an international crescendo, violence struck at the heart of America and wartime atrocities tested the ...

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During the 1968 Democratic National Convention, young anti-war demonstrators swarmed the monument to Gen. John Logan in Chicago’s Grant Park. At least a half dozen climbed atop the statue ...

Next week, the Democratic National Convention returns to Chicago. It’s the same host city as in 1968, a year when fraught proceedings inside the convention hall were overshadowed by a violent police ...

But, the mantra "the whole world is watching" is from 1968. That was a battle cry from demonstrators who descended on the Democratic convention in Chicago in 1968. They brawled with delegates ...

This car, a 1968 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, was featured in a car magazine back in August 1968. Those who drove it pushed it well beyond its limits, took shots of the joy ride, and published the ...

They’d summoned memories of the anti–Vietnam War protests at the Democrats’ Chicago convention in 1968, when Mayor Richard Daley’s cops wielded billy clubs and thumped skulls, leaving an ...

The events in and around the 1968 DNC in Chicago have endured as a landmark moment of political chaos and social change for America. Inside the convention hall, Democrats struggled mightily to ...

The notorious and consequential 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago occurred when divisions over the Vietnam War sparked major protests in the city. Judy Woodruff traveled to the city for her ...

Jon Grinspan is curator of political history at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and the author of “Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the ...

As Democrats gather in Chicago for the 2024 Democratic National Convention, memories of the 1968 convention are hard to ignore. The parallels between then and now are striking, but key differences ...