America in '68: The Chicago Riots (TRIH ep 512, part 5)
1968 · Resource
This episode examines the tumultuous week around the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The hosts trace the build-up: the fracturing Democratic field after Lyndon B. Johnson's withdrawal, the rise of Hubert Humphrey as the party favorite, and the competing protest movements — the earnest MOBE peace coalition and the theatrical Yippies led by Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin.
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Around 1968
- Prague Spring (1968)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- The Beatles (1960)