CULTURETECHLENS1968 Democratic National Convention
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Combined Graph record U-00566 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-E-0023. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Chicago; protests and police violence
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Chicago; protests and police violence
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- Year: 1968
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- Chicago — located in
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- https://www.chipublib.org/blogs/post/50th-anniversary-of-the-1968-democratic-national-convention/ (verification source · master store)
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The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held August 26-29, 1968 at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago; Hubert Humphrey was nominated; the largest police-protester clash occurred August 28 in Grant Park, and the Walker Report found 'unrestrained and indiscriminate police violence' (Chicago Public Library, tier 1).
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