Red, white and bruising: at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, conflicts within the hall were amplified in violence on Chicago’s streets. AP Images Theodore Roosevelt giving a campaign speech.

The specter of 1968 – with its angry confrontations and police brutality – hung heavy over Chicago in the lead up to the Democratic National Convention, as if the largely uneventful 1996 convention ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 26, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. 1818: The Illinois Constitutional ...

1968, in the memory of many civil rights activists, was a year that changed the world. A general strike in France ousted the DeGaulle government, demonstrations opposing the Vietnam War were beginning ...

Members of the Fraternal Order of Police say the union will hold a "Chicago Riot Cops Reunion" on June 26 to mark what until now hasn't been considered one of the proud moments in Chicago Police ...