Civil Disobedience Center Stage - The Protests, Politicians and People of the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, Including Richard J. Daley and the Chicago Seven (Paperback)

In 1968, Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley was determined to show the members of his political party and the nation how his city had progressed. Daley hoped to use the National Democratic Convention as the stage for this task. Protesters, angry mobs and riots throughout Chicago turned the 1968 DNC into one of the most dangerous, and memorable, to date.This book looks at the factors leading to civil disobedience during the 1968 DNC, the "Chicago Seven" and how opposition to the Vietnam War took center stage.Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge.