Opinion: Democrats’ 1972 re-do

Democratic leaders worry about socialists because they fear reliving 1972 for the next two years. They have good reason to be ...
Politico

BLM Organizers See the 1972 National Black Political Convention as a Model. What Can They Learn From It?

Jesús A. Rodríguez is a writer in Washington, D.C., covering politics, identity and injustice. Follow him @jesusrodriguezb. On the night of March 11, 1972, thousands of Black Americans from around the ...
Politico

Flashback: The 1972 Democratic Convention

Here was George McGovern, the newly minted Democratic presidential nominee, giving voters the key rationale for his candidacy: “Within 90 days of my inauguration, every American soldier and every ...
Yahoo

‘Unity without uniformity’: 50 years later, ideology of 1972 National Black Political Convention still resonates

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rev. Jesse Jackson, executive director of Operation PUSH, speaks from the floor of the National Black Political Convention in Gary ...
Chicago Tribune

Gary’s 1972 National Black Political Convention remembered by scholars and lawmakers for profound influence on Black politics

Forty-nine years ago, Black Americans across every spectrum gathered at West Side High School in Gary to hash out an independent Black political agenda. The late Gary mayor Richard G. Hatcher ...
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Democrats in convention 1972 official program for the thirty-sixth quadrennial National Nominating Convention of the Democratic Party, July 10-13, 1972, Miami Beach, Florida ...

Chairman's message / Lawrence F. O'Brien -- The challenge of the twentieth century / Harry S Truman -- The Democratic Party is the instrument of the people / Lyndon B. Johnson -- Why is America ...