1968 Democratic Convention
The 1968 National Convention of the U.S.\xa0Democratic Party\xa0was held August 26\u201329 at the\xa0International Amphitheatre\xa0in\xa0Chicago, Illinois. As\xa0PresidentLyndon B. Johnson\xa0had announced he would not seek reelection, the purpose of the convention was to select a new presidential nominee to run as the Democratic Party's candidate for the office. The\xa0keynote speaker\xa0was Senator\xa0Daniel Inouye\xa0(D-Hawaii).\n\nVice President\xa0Hubert H. Humphrey\xa0and\xa0Senator\xa0Edmund S. Muskie\xa0of\xa0Maine\xa0were nominated for President and Vice President, respectively.\n\nThe convention was held during a year of violence, political turbulence, and civil unrest, particularly\xa0riots in more than 100 cities\xa0following the\xa0assassinationof\xa0Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4.\xa0The convention also followed the\xa0assassination\xa0of Democratic presidential hopeful Senator\xa0Robert F. Kennedy\xa0of\xa0New York, on June 5.\xa0Both Kennedy and Senator\xa0Eugene McCarthy\xa0of\xa0Minnesota\xa0had been running for the Democratic Nomination at the time.\xa0 Listen live as we take you through th streets of Chicago, the protests, and what came out of this convention.\xa0\xa0\n\nShow Sponsored by StudentsForBetterFuture