I WAS THERE: John Viramontes
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- Created Date
- 2008-08-27
- Description
Mr. Viramontes was sixteen years old and working in the coatroom of the Chicago Public Library's main building at East Randolph Street and North Michigan Avenue during the Democratic National Convention. One night, after work, he noticed a tear gas haze in the air and people scrambling. After he became aware of what was happening, he phoned a cousin to pick him up and drive him to his residence in the Pilsen neighborhood. From his home, he could ...
- Creator
Viramontes, John
Grannan, Jill
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Chicago Transit Authority
Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.)
Oral history (discipline)
Interviews
Riots
Elections
Politics
Tear gas - Type
- sound
- Format
- Audio file: 33:42 minutes
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © 2015 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved
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- Chicago citation style
- Viramontes, John, Grannan, Jill. I WAS THERE: John Viramontes. 2008-08-27. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/120. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Viramontes, John, Grannan, Jill, (2008-08-27) I WAS THERE: John Viramontes. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/120
- MLA citation style
- Viramontes, John, Grannan, Jill. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/120>.