1968 Democratic National Convention protests

rdf:langString 1968 Democratic National Convention protests

rdf:langString and Opposition to the Vietnam War

rdf:langString the 1968 U.S. presidential election

rdf:langString Protesters *Youth International Party *National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam *Students for a Democratic Society *Women Strike for Peace *Southern Christian Leadership Conference *Other activists

rdf:langString The 1968 Democratic National Convention protests were a series of protest activities against the Vietnam War that took place prior to and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Counterculture and anti-Vietnam War protest groups began planning protests and demonstrations in response to the convention, and the city promised to maintain law and order. The protesters were met by the Chicago Police Department in the streets and parks of Chicago before and during the convention, including indiscriminate police violence against protesters, reporters, photographers, and bystanders that was later described by the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence as a "police riot". During the evening of August 28, 1968, with the police riot in full swing on Michigan Avenue in front of the Democratic party's convention headquarters, the Conrad Hilton hotel, television networks broadcast live as the anti-war protesters began the now-iconic chant "The whole world is watching".