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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mike Wallace, CBS-TV newsman, is hustled off the Democratic National Convention floor in the aftermath of a row between delegates and security officers during nominating session August 28, 1968 in ...

Filmmaker Haskell Wexler thus described Medium Cool, his violent feature set during Chicago’s riotous 1968 Democratic National Convention. His movie opened (sort of) exactly 55 years ago this week.

It’s become an election year ritual: Every time the Left protests at the Democratic National Convention, we hear the comparisons to 1968, the year that tensions over the Vietnam War caused chaos ...

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 ...

He also famously was roughed up during the 1968 Democratic National Convention — which inspired Variety to ask Rather, still going strong at 92 (you can read his current “Steady” columns at ...