I WAS THERE: Michael S. Glass
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- Created Date
- 2008-08-29
- Description
Mr. Glass, who was twenty at the time of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, grew up with a politically connected grandfather in Chicago's 24th ward. His grandfather arranged for Glass to be a greeter at the convention. He chose not to do this and instead went to the area around the Conrad Hilton Hotel. He was in the crowd as the mood intensified and the police presence grew increasingly violent. Glass described the situation as "an absolute...
- Creator
Glass, Michael S
Grannan, Jill
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Conrad Hilton Hotel (Chicago, Ill.)
Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.)
Oral history (discipline)
Interviews
Riots
Elections
Politics - Location
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Type
- sound
- Format
- Audio file: 50:58 minutes
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © 2015 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved
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- Chicago citation style
- Glass, Michael S, Grannan, Jill. I WAS THERE: Michael S. Glass. 2008-08-29. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/50. (Accessed April 17, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Glass, Michael S, Grannan, Jill, (2008-08-29) I WAS THERE: Michael S. Glass. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/50
- MLA citation style
- Glass, Michael S, Grannan, Jill. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/50>.