Ad Policy Protesters clash with the National Guard outside the Democratic National Convention on August 28, 1968. (CBS Photo Archive) With the Democratic National Convention wrapping up in Chicago ...

Michael James, 1968 Democratic Convention Demonstrator: You know, we thought of ourselves as revolutionaries in those days, and we were really irked by the Democratic Party and the war in Vietnam.

Editor’s Note: Protests are building at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. In May, The Daily Signal’s Jarrett Stepman wrote a short history of the 1968 DNC where—just like today ...

General view of the delegates from different states sit and stand during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, held at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Aug. 28, 1968.

In a column for Variety, former CBS News anchor Dan Rather recalls the turmoil of the 1968 Democratic Convention, where he was roughed up on the floor.

MICHAEL JAMES, 1968 Democratic Convention Demonstrator: You know, we thought of ourselves as revolutionaries in those days, and we were really irked by the Democratic Party and the war in Vietnam.

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 ...

Like this week’s gathering, the 1968 one took place in Chicago after the president exited the race, but its protests — featuring singer Phil Ochs and a pig — turned violent.

Raymond A. Schroth, S.J. reports on the paradoxical brotherhood of polished Democrats and barefoot “hippies” in Chicago, 1968.

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — For weeks, political experts have pointed to similarities between this year's DNC and the 1968 Democratic convention – both hosted in Chicago. Norman Provizer, a political ...

One of the worst misfires was the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, when anti-war activists on Michigan Avenue chanted to the TV cameras “the whole world is watching,” as Mayor ...

Politics / The Nation warned readers early on that the 1968 convention would be debacle. Richard Kreitner With the Democratic National Convention wrapping up in Chicago, many have pointed to ...