Chicago '68: A Chronology , (fascinating reading, gave me a chill) [View All]

[G_j]

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/1553/c68chron.html

-this actually covers events from '67 to '75. I found it incredibly interesting and worthwhile given some of the similarities to the present.
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From the introduction:

They called it "Czechago." Nowhere else during that decade was dissension so dramatically opposed as on the streets of Chicago during the turbulent Democratic National Convention in August 1968. The barbed wire-laced jeeps in Grant Park evoked images of Russian tanks in the streets of Prague.

For many it was a watershed event. After the Tet offensive that January many Americans began to shift their opinions of the war in Vietnam; after Chicago '68 they began to doubt the ability of American institutions to tolerate active dissension.

Chicago '68 was more than just another in a series of antiwar protests, and it was more than just a riot—no matter, whose riot. Chicago '68 was a focal point of the decade. On the streets and in the parks of Chicago the social conflicts of the Sixties were on display.

Heads were cracked, tear gas billowed, police lines advanced through demonstrators—and television cameras captured some of the graphic scenes. The eyes of the nation focused on Chicago and we decided who we were, what side we were on, and what we would fight for. Chicago changed minds, Chicago changed politics, Chicago changed the Left, Chicago changed the media, Chicago changed those who were here and those who watched from far away, and Chicago changed Chicago.

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Chronology:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/1553/c68chron.html

----related note--
** for those who think this was the sole reason Nixon won the election, Google "Kissinger" and "October Surprise" together
-some more facinating history-