 The Democratic Convention in Chicago in 1968 was an iconic moment in American history. Feelings were running high following the earlier assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F Kennedy. The city served as a backdrop for an explosion of tensions that culminated in violent clashes between police and civil rights activists. Newsnight's Peter Marshall looks back on several tumultuous days when the rights and wrongs of Vietnam were fought out on the streets of Chicago.
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