During Convention Week, 308 Americans were killed and 1,144 more were injured in the war in Vietnam. #OTD1968 #chicago68
August 30, 2024 at 9:32 PM
During Convention Week, 308 Americans were killed and 1,144 more were injured in the war in Vietnam. #OTD1968 #chicago68
The police department reported that 192 officers were injured, with 49 officers seeking hospital treatment. #OTD1968 #chicago68
August 30, 2024 at 9:32 PM
The police department reported that 192 officers were injured, with 49 officers seeking hospital treatment. #OTD1968 #chicago68
The arrest count for Convention Week disturbances is 668. Some number of protestors had injuries, with hospitals reporting they treated 111 protestors. The on-the-street medical teams from the Medical Committee for Human Rights estimated that their medics treated over 1,000. #OTD1968 #chicago68
August 30, 2024 at 9:32 PM
The arrest count for Convention Week disturbances is 668. Some number of protestors had injuries, with hospitals reporting they treated 111 protestors. The on-the-street medical teams from the Medical Committee for Human Rights estimated that their medics treated over 1,000. #OTD1968 #chicago68
8/30/1968 About 5am Chicago police raid a McCarthy campaign suite on the 15th floor of the Hilton, because objects were thrown from the windows. A relatively small incident escalates as more rooms of McCarthy workers are entered and several people are hit with nightsticks. #OTD1968 #chicago68
August 30, 2024 at 9:30 PM
8/30/1968 About 5am Chicago police raid a McCarthy campaign suite on the 15th floor of the Hilton, because objects were thrown from the windows. A relatively small incident escalates as more rooms of McCarthy workers are entered and several people are hit with nightsticks. #OTD1968 #chicago68
Dick Gregory invites all the demonstrators to his house, which happens to be in the direction of the Amphitheatre. This too is turned back, at 18th Street. #OTD1968 #chicago68 2/2
August 30, 2024 at 2:58 AM
Dick Gregory invites all the demonstrators to his house, which happens to be in the direction of the Amphitheatre. This too is turned back, at 18th Street. #OTD1968 #chicago68 2/2
8/29/1968 Senator Eugene McCarthy addresses about 5,000 gathered in Grant Park. Several attempts are made to march to the Amphitheatre. A group of delegates try to lead a march but are turned back with tear gas. #OTD1968 #chicago68 1/2
August 30, 2024 at 2:56 AM
8/29/1968 Senator Eugene McCarthy addresses about 5,000 gathered in Grant Park. Several attempts are made to march to the Amphitheatre. A group of delegates try to lead a march but are turned back with tear gas. #OTD1968 #chicago68 1/2
8/28/1968 When the convention adjourns for the day, 500 antiwar delegates march from the Amphitheatre to the Hilton; many join the 4,000 protesters in Grant Park. Again, protesters are allowed to stay in the park all night. #OTD1968 #chicago68
August 28, 2024 at 5:24 PM
8/28/1968 When the convention adjourns for the day, 500 antiwar delegates march from the Amphitheatre to the Hilton; many join the 4,000 protesters in Grant Park. Again, protesters are allowed to stay in the park all night. #OTD1968 #chicago68
8/28/1968 Channing Phillips, who had headed the RFK campaign in the District of Columbia, becomes the first African American formally nominated for president by a major political party. He receives 67.5 votes. Hubert H. Humphrey wins the party's nomination on the first ballot. #OTD1968 #chicago68
August 28, 2024 at 5:24 PM
8/28/1968 Channing Phillips, who had headed the RFK campaign in the District of Columbia, becomes the first African American formally nominated for president by a major political party. He receives 67.5 votes. Hubert H. Humphrey wins the party's nomination on the first ballot. #OTD1968 #chicago68
8/28/1968 At the Amphitheatre, presidential nominations are underway. Abraham Ribicoff, in his speech nominating George McGovern, denounces "Gestapo tactics on the streets of Chicago." Mayor Daley's shouted reaction was on-camera, but off-mike. Lip-readers decode obscenities. #OTD1968 #chicago68
August 28, 2024 at 5:23 PM
8/28/1968 At the Amphitheatre, presidential nominations are underway. Abraham Ribicoff, in his speech nominating George McGovern, denounces "Gestapo tactics on the streets of Chicago." Mayor Daley's shouted reaction was on-camera, but off-mike. Lip-readers decode obscenities. #OTD1968 #chicago68
The melee last about seventeen minutes and is filmed by the TV crews positioned at the Hilton. It was seen by the nationwide audience watching the convention coverage, as well as by delegates watching monitors at the convention hall. #OTD1968 #chicago68
August 28, 2024 at 5:22 PM
The melee last about seventeen minutes and is filmed by the TV crews positioned at the Hilton. It was seen by the nationwide audience watching the convention coverage, as well as by delegates watching monitors at the convention hall. #OTD1968 #chicago68
8/28/1968 Deputy Police Superintendent James Rochford orders the police to clear the streets. Demonstrators and bystanders are clubbed, beaten, maced, and arrested. Some fight back and the attack escalates. #OTD1968 #chicago68 1/2
August 28, 2024 at 5:20 PM
8/28/1968 Deputy Police Superintendent James Rochford orders the police to clear the streets. Demonstrators and bystanders are clubbed, beaten, maced, and arrested. Some fight back and the attack escalates. #OTD1968 #chicago68 1/2
Thousands surge onto Michigan Avenue. Coincidentally, the mule train of Ralph Abernathy's Poor People's Campaign, which has a permit to go to the Amphitheatre, is passing. At Michigan and Balbo the crowd is halted again. Only the mule train is allowed to continue. #OTD1968 #chicago68 3/3
August 28, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Thousands surge onto Michigan Avenue. Coincidentally, the mule train of Ralph Abernathy's Poor People's Campaign, which has a permit to go to the Amphitheatre, is passing. At Michigan and Balbo the crowd is halted again. Only the mule train is allowed to continue. #OTD1968 #chicago68 3/3
After an hour of negotiation, the march line begins to break up. Protesters try to cross over to Michigan Avenue, but the Balbo and Congress bridges have been sealed off by National Guardsmen armed with .30 caliber machine guns and grenade launchers. #OTD1968 #chicago68 2/3
August 28, 2024 at 5:17 PM
After an hour of negotiation, the march line begins to break up. Protesters try to cross over to Michigan Avenue, but the Balbo and Congress bridges have been sealed off by National Guardsmen armed with .30 caliber machine guns and grenade launchers. #OTD1968 #chicago68 2/3
8/28/1968 At rally's end Dellinger announces a march to the Amphitheatre, while Hayden urges the crowd to move in small groups to the Loop. 6,000 join the march line, but, since it has no permit and the police refuse to allow it to use the sidewalks, the march does not move. #OTD1968 #chicago68 1/3
August 28, 2024 at 5:15 PM
8/28/1968 At rally's end Dellinger announces a march to the Amphitheatre, while Hayden urges the crowd to move in small groups to the Loop. 6,000 join the march line, but, since it has no permit and the police refuse to allow it to use the sidewalks, the march does not move. #OTD1968 #chicago68 1/3
Police move in again. A line of MOBE marshals is formed between the police and the crowd. Police charge the marshal line. Rennie Davis is clubbed unconscious. #OTD1968 #chicago68
August 28, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Police move in again. A line of MOBE marshals is formed between the police and the crowd. Police charge the marshal line. Rennie Davis is clubbed unconscious. #OTD1968 #chicago68
Then a group, including at least one undercover police officer, completes the flag lowering and raises a red or blood-splattered shirt. #OTD1968 #chicago68 2/3
August 28, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Then a group, including at least one undercover police officer, completes the flag lowering and raises a red or blood-splattered shirt. #OTD1968 #chicago68 2/3
8/28/1968 In the Convention at the Amphitheatre, the peace plank proposed for the Democratic party platform is voted down.
At the bandshell rally, news of defeat of the peace plank is heard on radios. A young man begins to lower the American flag flying near the bandshell. #OTD1968 #chicago68 1/3
At the bandshell rally, news of defeat of the peace plank is heard on radios. A young man begins to lower the American flag flying near the bandshell. #OTD1968 #chicago68 1/3
August 28, 2024 at 5:13 PM
8/28/1968 In the Convention at the Amphitheatre, the peace plank proposed for the Democratic party platform is voted down.
At the bandshell rally, news of defeat of the peace plank is heard on radios. A young man begins to lower the American flag flying near the bandshell. #OTD1968 #chicago68 1/3
At the bandshell rally, news of defeat of the peace plank is heard on radios. A young man begins to lower the American flag flying near the bandshell. #OTD1968 #chicago68 1/3
8/28/1968 10-15,000 gather at the Grant Park bandshell for the MOBE's antiwar rally. Dellinger, Gregory, Ginsberg, Norman Mailer, Jerry Rubin, Carl Oglesby, Hayden, and many others speak. 600 police surround the rally on all sides. . #OTD1968 #chicago68
August 28, 2024 at 5:11 PM
8/28/1968 10-15,000 gather at the Grant Park bandshell for the MOBE's antiwar rally. Dellinger, Gregory, Ginsberg, Norman Mailer, Jerry Rubin, Carl Oglesby, Hayden, and many others speak. 600 police surround the rally on all sides. . #OTD1968 #chicago68
8/27/1968 At Grant Park, in front of the Hilton, where the television cameras are, 4,000 demonstrators rally to speeches by Julian Bond, Davis, and Hayden. Mary Travers and Peter Yarrow sing. The crowd is allowed to stay in Grant Park all night. #OTD1968 #chicago68
August 28, 2024 at 5:10 PM
8/27/1968 At Grant Park, in front of the Hilton, where the television cameras are, 4,000 demonstrators rally to speeches by Julian Bond, Davis, and Hayden. Mary Travers and Peter Yarrow sing. The crowd is allowed to stay in Grant Park all night. #OTD1968 #chicago68
8/27/1968 In Lincoln Park, 200 clergy and lay church people, toting a 12-foot cross, join 2,000 protesters to remain in the park past curfew. Again, tear gas and club-swinging police clear the park. Many head south to the Loop and Grant Park. #OTD1968 #chicago68
August 28, 2024 at 5:09 PM
8/27/1968 In Lincoln Park, 200 clergy and lay church people, toting a 12-foot cross, join 2,000 protesters to remain in the park past curfew. Again, tear gas and club-swinging police clear the park. Many head south to the Loop and Grant Park. #OTD1968 #chicago68
8/27/1968 "Unbirthday Party for LBJ" convenes at the Chicago Coliseum. Performers & speakers include Ed Sanders, Abbie Hoffman, Jean Genet, William Burroughs, Dick Gregory, Allen Ginsberg, Phil Ochs, and Rennie Davis. 2,000 later march from the Coliseum to Grant Park. #OTD1968 #chicago68
August 28, 2024 at 5:09 PM
8/27/1968 "Unbirthday Party for LBJ" convenes at the Chicago Coliseum. Performers & speakers include Ed Sanders, Abbie Hoffman, Jean Genet, William Burroughs, Dick Gregory, Allen Ginsberg, Phil Ochs, and Rennie Davis. 2,000 later march from the Coliseum to Grant Park. #OTD1968 #chicago68
/27/1968 About 7pm Black Panther Party Chairman Bobby Seale speaks in Lincoln Park. He urges people to defend themselves by any means necessary if attacked by the police. #OTD1968 #chicago68
August 28, 2024 at 5:08 PM
/27/1968 About 7pm Black Panther Party Chairman Bobby Seale speaks in Lincoln Park. He urges people to defend themselves by any means necessary if attacked by the police. #OTD1968 #chicago68
This is the only march of Convention Week that gets anywhere near the Amphitheatre--it also gets very little publicity. #OTD1968 #chicago68 3/3
August 27, 2024 at 5:00 PM
This is the only march of Convention Week that gets anywhere near the Amphitheatre--it also gets very little publicity. #OTD1968 #chicago68 3/3
The police stop the march at 39th & Halstead, about half-a-mile north of the Amphitheatre. The marchers set up a picket line and remain in place until 10am the next morning. They are then ordered to disperse & 30 resisters are arrested. #OTD1968 #chicago68 2/3
August 27, 2024 at 4:59 PM
The police stop the march at 39th & Halstead, about half-a-mile north of the Amphitheatre. The marchers set up a picket line and remain in place until 10am the next morning. They are then ordered to disperse & 30 resisters are arrested. #OTD1968 #chicago68 2/3
8/27/1968 At 1pm in Chicago, 200 members of the American Friends Service Committee and other pacifist groups leave a near-northside church to march to the Amphitheatre. Joined by others along their route, the marchers eventually number about 1,000. #OTD1968 #chicago68 1/3
August 27, 2024 at 4:58 PM
8/27/1968 At 1pm in Chicago, 200 members of the American Friends Service Committee and other pacifist groups leave a near-northside church to march to the Amphitheatre. Joined by others along their route, the marchers eventually number about 1,000. #OTD1968 #chicago68 1/3