What is 1968 Democratic National Convention?
The '''1968 Democratic National Convention''' of the U.S. [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] was held at the [[International Amphitheatre]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]], from August 26 to August 29, 1968. Because President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] had announced he would not seek reelection, the reason of the convention was to select a new presidential nominee to run as the Democratic Party's candidate for the office.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/whouse/convention-ra.html#1968 | work=The New York Times | access-date=April 20, 2010 | title=Past Convention Coverage | archive-date=September 17, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917212211/http://www.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/whouse/convention-ra.html#1968 | url-status=live }}</ref> The [[keynote speaker]] was Senator [[Daniel Inouye]] (D-Hawaii).<ref name=AP19680827>{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|title=Keynoter Knows Sting of Bias, Poverty|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times|date=August 27, 1968}}</ref> Vice President [[Hubert Humphrey]] and Senator [[Edmund Muskie|Edmund S. Muskie]] of [[Maine]], were nominated for president and vice president. The convention was held during a year of violence, political turbulence, and civil unrest, particularly riots in more than 100 cities following the assassination of [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] on April 4.<ref>{{cite news|year=2008|title=1968: Martin Luther King shot dead|work=On this Day|publisher=BBC|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/4/newsid_2453000/2453987.stm|url-status=live|access-date=August 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311175917/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/4/newsid_2453000/2453987.stm|archive-date=March 11, 2019}}</ref> The convention also followed the [[Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy|assassination]] of Democratic presidential hopeful Senator [[Robert F. Kennedy]] of [[New York (state)|New York]], who had been murdered on June 5. Both Kennedy and Senator [[Eug