Media members, Civic Center Plaza

1968/1968

Chicago History Museum
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Reporters played an important role in Chicago during 1968. Here they observed the April 27 Civic Center anti-Vietnam War rally. About 6,000 media members came to the city during convention week in August. Police claimed journalists falsely described them as thugs.

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Title: Media members, Civic Center Plaza
Date: 1968/1968
Location: Chicago
Medium: photographic prints
Credit: Chicago History Museum, ICHi-68966

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