Chicago 1968

Chicago 1968

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1995
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Overview

American Experience looks at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago where Vice President Hubert Humphrey won his party's nomination for president amid massive civil unrest and violence perpetrated by Chicago Police and anti-Vietnam War protesters.

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PBS
David Grubin Productions
GBH

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31 members
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David McCullough

Self - Host

David McCullough
Acting

William Stanley Merwin

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Writing

Tom Wicker

Self - Journalist

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Albert Eisele

Self - Biographer

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Ted Van Dyk

Self - Humphrey Staff

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Marilyn Katz

Self - Antiwar Activist

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David Dellinger

Self - Antiwar Activist

David Dellinger
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David Farber

Self - Historian

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Roger Wilkins

Self - US Justice Department

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Joel Weisman

Self - Chicago Journalist

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David Stahl

Self - Chicago Deputy Mayor

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Abe Peck

Self - Anitwar Activist

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Thomas Foran

Self - US Attorney, Illinois

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Rennie Davis

Self - Antiwar Activist

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Richard Samuel

Self - McCarthy Delegate

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William Frapolly

Self - Undercover Police

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Mike Spiegel

Self - Antiwar Activist

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Frank Sullivan

Self - Police Spokesman

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Tom Hayden

Self - Antiwar Activist

Tom Hayden
Creator

Reuven Frank

Self - NBC News

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David Ginsburg

Self - Humphrey Staff

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Edward Collins

Self - Chicago Police

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Bill Ayers

Self - Antiwar Activist

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Jean Wallin

Self - McCarthy Delegate

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Joseph Alioto

Self - Mayor, San Francisco (archive footage)

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Richard J. Daley

Self (archive footage)

Richard J. Daley
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Wayne Hays

Self - Representative, Ohio (archive footage)

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Hubert H. Humphrey

Self (archive footage)

Hubert H. Humphrey
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Eugene McCarthy

Self (archive footage)

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Pierre Salinger

Self - Convention Speaker (archive footage)

Pierre Salinger
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Theodore Sorensen

Self - Convention Speaker (archive footage)

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