Chicago 1968
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.
Cast
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
Self - Antiwar Activist
David Farber
Self - Historian
Roger Wilkins
Self - US Justice Department
Joel Weisman
Self - Chicago Journalist
David Stahl
Self - Chicago Deputy Mayor
Abe Peck
Self - Anitwar Activist
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