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"Humphrey Nominated on the First Ballot After His Plank on Vietnam is Approved; Police Battle Demonstrators in Streets," 30 August 1968

• The 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago spurred anti-war protests which Mayor Richard Daley attempted to control with Chicago police and the National Guard. The situation degenerated into violence. This article, published in the New York Times on 30 August 1968, describes the action inside and outside the convention hall. Click on the link and choose the first related article for the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The slide show "Scenes of the Protest" also illuminates the experience of this event. This document is cross-listed on the War and the Military page.