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The gathering forces : a prelude to convention week -- Permit negotiations -- The eleventh hour -- How the city prepared -- Lincoln Park : the violence begins -- Marches and melees -- Wednesday : the culmination of violence -- The police and the press -- Conflict and communion -- Supplement -- National Commission members -- The study team staff -- Photographic chronology.
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"Did the police lose control of themselves in dealing with demonstrators during the 1968 Democratic National Convention? Or were they simply men who saw themselves as protecting their city from the forces of revolution? Kusch contends that Chicago's police were more than unthinking "thugs," that they had, in effect, become a counterculture, even more so than the people they ended up attacking. From Polish and Irish working class backgrounds, these...
3) Hard time
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PI V.I. Warshawski of Chicago experiences the harrowing world of women's prisons when she is incarcerated after being falsely arrested. It happens while she is probing the murder of an illegal immigrant.
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Critics of affirmative action say that it pits Americans against each other and elevates the importance of race, gender, and ethnicity at the expense of hard work and merit. Supporters claim that discrimination remains pervasive in the U.S. and that the government must continue to play a role in aiding minorities and women. This program explores the historical roots of affirmative action and the debate over its usefulness. The program looks at several...
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