Riots had broken out in the capital Washington earlier in 1968 following the April ... and the contrast with the orderly Republican National Convention that had occurred earlier at the beginning ...

The year was 1968. In April, Martin Luther King ... this marketing from Trump and MAGA Republicans at the Republican National Convention. The key question, of course, is will sufficient numbers ...

In August 1968, thousands of anti-war protesters gathered near the Democratic National Convention and surged ... In November, it was Richard Nixon, the Republican law and order candidate, who ...

Right now, presidential candidates are crisscrossing the country, begging primary voters for their support. So it's easy to forget that not too long ago, these voters had no say in who their party ...

For Americans, the world seemed to turn upside down in 1968. Martin Luther King ... Two months later, the Democratic National Convention was punctuated by violent encounters between Chicago ...

Yet the young anti-Vietnam War activist was still shocked by what he saw: National ... the 1968 election to Republican Richard Nixon. Looking back, Mr Sautter - who will be watching the convention ...

In Republican Party Politics and the American South, 1865–1968, Heersink and Jenkins examine how National Convention politics allowed the South to remain important to the Republican Party after ...