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The 1968 Democratic National Convention
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Why a Convention?
No more LBJ? Who to nominate? To the convention center!
Candidates:› Hubert Humphry› Eugene McCarthy› Edmund Muskie› George McGovern
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The Controversy
Protestors want to make their presence known.› The Youth International Party (Yippies)› Students for a Democratic Society› National Mobilization Committee to End
the War in Vietnam
Mainly protesting The Vietnam War
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“No thousands will come to our city and take over our streets, or city, our convention.”
Mayor Daley’s Response
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Chicago, August 1968
Over 10,000 protestors showed up.
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PigasusThe Youth International Party nominated a pig, Pigasus, to be their candidate in the DNC. Pigasus and seven other Yippies were arrested upon their arrival at the DNC
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Protestors vs. Police
Police brutality captured on film and viewed by the world.
The Chicago 8 arrested and put on trial.
The trial becomes a mockery› Bobby Seale bound and gagged› Chicago 8 and attorneys all guilty of
contempt of court. › Appealed– no jail time