Chicago 1968 (1995)

Documentary History

Runtime: 60 minutes

Overview

American Experience looks at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago where Vice President Hubert Humphrey won his party's nomination for president amid massive civil unrest and violence perpetrated by Chicago Police and anti-Vietnam War protesters.

David McCullough

David McCullough

Self - Host

William Stanley Merwin

Self - Narrator (voice)

Tom Wicker

Self - Journalist

Albert Eisele

Self - Biographer

Ted Van Dyk

Self - Humphrey Staff

Marilyn Katz

Self - Antiwar Activist

David Dellinger

David Dellinger

Self - Antiwar Activist

David Farber

Self - Historian

Roger Wilkins

Self - US Justice Department

Joel Weisman

Self - Chicago Journalist