Chicago Political Conventions
1996-08-23T18:25:31-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMmVkXC8xOTk2MDgyMzE4MzAxOTAwMV9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Edward Burke, Co Author of "Inside the Wigwam", spoke about his new book, Inside the Wigman: Chicago’s Presidential Conventions, which examines the fifty political conventions in Chicago since the Republican Convention in 1860. They also took questions from the audience. They also compared the riotous nature of the 1864 and 1968 Democratic conventions.
Edward Burke, Co Author of "Inside the Wigwam", spoke about his new book, Inside the Wigman: Chicago’s Presidential Conventions, which exa… read more
Edward Burke, Co Author of "Inside the Wigwam", spoke about his new book, Inside the Wigman: Chicago’s Presidential Conventions, which examines the fifty political conventions in Chicago since the Republican Convention in 1860. They also took questions from the audience. They also compared the riotous nature of the 1864 and 1968 Democratic conventions. close
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