Next week, the Democratic National Convention returns to Chicago. It’s the same host city as in 1968, a year when fraught proceedings inside the convention hall were overshadowed by a violent police crackdown on antiwar protesters outside. (Thomas Whiteside reported on the scene for CJR.) It was a time of political upheaval that sounds familiar today: a Democratic president dropping out of the race, assassinations (or attempted ones), and protests against police brutality, racism and an unpopular war.
America is, of course, a very different place than it was 56 years ago, but the events of 1968 resonate today, especially for those who covered them.
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