In August 1968, thousands of anti-war protesters gathered near the Democratic National Convention and surged toward lines of helmeted police bearing clubs and tear gas. The protestors called them ...

In many ways, 2024 feels like 1968 all over again. Flashbacks of bloody clashes between police and anti-Vietnam War demonstrators outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago during that ...

From the 1968 Democratic Convention which was wrought with violence over the Vietnam War to the highly contested 1940 Republican Convention, the process has often been far from a straight line.

The presidential election of 1968 was one of the most chaotic in ... Humphrey controlled the majority of delegates to the Democratic Convention. That was not surprising, even though Humphrey ...

When 21-year-old Indiana University philosophy student Craig Sautter drove to Chicago for the 1968 Democratic National Convention, he had an "inkling" that he would be in for a "wild day".

Right now, presidential candidates are crisscrossing the country, begging primary voters for their support. So it's easy to forget that not too long ago, these voters had no say in who their party ...

Weiner, 84, was among a group of activists that included Abbie Hoffman and Tom Hayden who were prosecuted for conspiracy following the U.S. disorder of the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago.

Ryan Deto Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024 5:01 a.m. | Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024 5:01 a.m. 1924 — Marathon convention The Democratic National Convention in July in New York was the longest continuously running ...

Judy Woodruff reports… A look back at the 1968 Democratic convention and its relevance today Chicago has hosted more presidential nominating conventions than any other U.S. city, going back to ...