Police Riot, Democratic National Convention

"As long as I am mayor, there will be law and order in Chicago. Nobody is going to take over this city." So boasted Richard J. Daley on the eve of the convention he had brought to the city. In the preceding year, while other cities rioted and burned, Chicago had remained quiet. The calm did not hold—confrontations between protesters and police exploded in chaos and cruelty. The conflict over race, wealth, military action, and political power played out violently on a national stage, and was broadcast live from Mayor Daley's Chicago.