The 1968 Democratic National Convention

Why a Convention?

No more LBJ? Who to nominate? To the convention center!

Candidates:› Hubert Humphry› Eugene McCarthy› Edmund Muskie› George McGovern

The Controversy

Protestors want to make their presence known.› The Youth International Party (Yippies)› Students for a Democratic Society› National Mobilization Committee to End

the War in Vietnam

Mainly protesting The Vietnam War

“No thousands will come to our city and take over our streets, or city, our convention.”

Mayor Daley’s Response

Chicago, August 1968

Over 10,000 protestors showed up.

PigasusThe Youth International Party nominated a pig, Pigasus, to be their candidate in the DNC. Pigasus and seven other Yippies were arrested upon their arrival at the DNC

Protestors vs. Police

Police brutality captured on film and viewed by the world.

The Chicago 8 arrested and put on trial.

The trial becomes a mockery› Bobby Seale bound and gagged› Chicago 8 and attorneys all guilty of

contempt of court. › Appealed– no jail time