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Images of 1968
A large section of rubble is all that remained in this one block square area of Saigon on Feb. 5, 1968, after fierce Tet Offensive fighting. Rockets and grenades, combined with fires, laid waste to the area. An Quang Pagoda, location of Viet Cong headquarters during the fighting, is at the top of the photo.
Police used tear gas to break up the riots that took place in various locations around Chicago in August of 1968 after the Democratic National Convention announced Hubert Humphrey (LBJ's Vice President) was their nominee. This picture was taken outside the home of a history professor at the University of Chicago. He reported that so much tear gas wafted up to his home across the street from the riots that he and his wife had to take their baby daughter to the hospital.
The picture shows various pins and patches that Independent Presidential candidate George Wallace used during his campaign. The former Alabama governor opposed many of the Civil Rights gains that African Americans made during the 1950s and 1960s. He ended up winning the popular vote in 5 Southern States during the November election.
This picture of Hubert Humphrey was taken less than 10 minutes after he was announced the nominee for the Democrats at their Convention in August. His facial expression is a direct reaction to the displeasure that roughly half of those present showed to his nomination. The Democrat Party would continue to be divided during the actual election and never put their full support behind LBJ's Vice President.
Richard Nixon campaigning for the presidency in the fall of 1968. He refused to debate Humphrey to avoid a repeat of what occurred during the 1960 election with JFK. On election day, roughly 73 million Americans voted. Nixon won 44% of the popular vote, getting a mere 500,000 more votes than Humphrey. Humphrey won 43% of the popular vote and Wallace won 11%.
The Tet Offensive
This 4 minute clip covers the Tet Offensive in detail and its importance as a turning point in the war.
Clip covering the rest of 1968
This nearly 5 minute clip covers almost everything else in Section 4 including how it caused many in the media to begin to question continued U.S. involvement in the war, the assassination of Robert Kennedy, the decision by Lyndon Johnson to not run again for the presidency, the chaos of the 1968 Democratic Convention, and an introduction to the eventual winner of the 1968 Presidential Election.... Republican Richard Nixon.
Assassination of RFK
2 minutes long. Shows interview on him against continued involvement in Vietnam and acceptance speech in California primary before being shot after he walked off stage.
1968 Democrat Convention
start at 35 seconds and end at 5 minutes 22 seconds. Good summary of what happened inside and outside of the convention.
Nixon campaign commercial - 1968 - Promising to end war in Vietnam
Only a minute long