Democrats holding their quadrennial convention in Chicago have nominated a candidate who did not run in the primaries, as protests against a divisive war fill the streets.
In those ways, the nomination of Vice President Kamala Harris this week echoes the contentious 1968 convention in the same city, an event that split the Democratic Party and ultimately led to Vice President Hubert Humphrey’s loss in November to Richard M. Nixon.
Roll Call covered that 1968 convention, including the violence inside and outside the hall and the political maneuvering that delivered Humphrey the nomination. That coverage illustrates how the party has changed, and the role the unpredictable has to play in politics.
