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Npr: Conventions Past: 1968: Antiwar Rioters Engulf the Democrats

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NPR looks back at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, known for the antiwar student demonstrations staged there and the violence they engendered, not just election-year politics.

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vietnam

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antiwar movement, antiwar protests, student movement, student protests, yippies, abbie hoffman, bobby seale, chicago 1968, chicago eight, democratic national convention, humphrey, jerry rubin, npr, national public radio, richard j. daley, senator ribicoff, chicago anti-war protests, 1968

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Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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