The Urban Crisis and the New Militants: Module 2 - Social Confrontation: The Battle of Michigan Ave.
Directed by
Social Confrontation: The Battle of Michigan Ave. shows the events of Wednesday, August 28 at the 1968 Democratic Convention including National Guardsmen detaining protesters, mass arrests near Grant Park, and Mayor Daley cursing at opponents from the convention floor.
Duration
0h 12m
Released
February 8, 1968
Cast0
Part ofThe The Urban Crisis and the New Militants
Includes The Urban Crisis and the New Militants: Module 1 - The Right to Dissent: A Press Conference (1968), The Urban Crisis and the New Militants: Module 2 - Social Confrontation: The Battle of Michigan Ave. (1968), The Urban Crisis and the New Militants: Module 3 - Law and Order vs. Dissent (1968), The Urban Crisis and the New Militants: Module 4 - The People’s Right to Know: Police vs. Reporters (1968), The Urban Crisis and the New Militants: Module 5 - Police Power and Freedom of Assembly: The Gregory March (1968), The Urban Crisis and the New Militants: Module 6 - Black Moderates and Black Militants (1969), and The Urban Crisis and the New Militants: Module 7 - Cicero March (1966).
View the collection