1968 Democratic National Convention

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1968_Democratic_National_Convention

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gptkbp:instanceOf	political event
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate	1968-08-29
gptkbp:event	1968
gptkbp:features	gptkb:aircraft gptkb:Chicago_Police_Department
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:1972_Democratic_National_Convention
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	1968 Democratic National Convention
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Chicago gptkb:Illinois
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	gptkb:CBS_News gptkb:NBC_News gptkb:ABC_News
gptkbp:nominatedPresidentialCandidate	gptkb:Hubert_Humphrey
gptkbp:nominatedVicePresidentialCandidate	gptkb:Edmund_Muskie
gptkbp:notableAchievement	gptkb:McGovern-Fraser_Commission Democratic Party reforms formation of the Chicago Seven trial fractured Democratic Party impact on 1968 presidential election increased public distrust in government influence on future convention security media scrutiny of police actions
gptkbp:notableEvent	police violence media coverage controversy
gptkbp:notableGroup	gptkb:National_Mobilization_Committee_to_End_the_War_in_Vietnam gptkb:Yippies gptkb:Chicago_Seven gptkb:Students_for_a_Democratic_Society
gptkbp:notableParticipant	gptkb:Abbie_Hoffman gptkb:Jerry_Rubin gptkb:Mayor_Richard_J._Daley gptkb:George_McGovern gptkb:Richard_J._Daley Eugene McCarthy
gptkbp:notableProtests	gptkb:Vietnam_War_protests Yippie demonstrations antiwar protests police riot
gptkbp:notableSpeaker	Abraham Ribicoff speech Hubert Humphrey acceptance speech
gptkbp:organizedBy	gptkb:Democratic_Party_(United_States)
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:1964_Democratic_National_Convention
gptkbp:startDate	1968-08-26
gptkbp:televisionShow	yes
gptkbp:venue	gptkb:International_Amphitheatre
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Chicago gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_USA gptkb:United_States_presidential_nominating_conventions
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4