I WAS THERE: Brian Biernacki

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Collection:: Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
Title:: I WAS THERE: Brian Biernacki
Creator:: Biernacki, Brian
Long, Tim
Publisher:: Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum
Date of Original:: 2008-08-29
Subject:: Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.)
Oral history
Interviews
Riots
Elections
Political science
Location:: United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport, 41.83809, -87.65116
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Loop, 41.88407, -87.6333
United States, Illinois, Cook County, River North, 41.89781, -87.81395
United States, Illinois, Dupage County, Aurora, 41.75505, -88.22412
Medium:: oral histories (literary works)
Type:: Sound
Text
StillImage
Format:: audio/mpeg
image/jpeg
application/pdf
Description:: Bernard Biernacki was born in Chicago and lived in the Bridgeport community area until his marriage in the mid-1970s. At that point, he and his wife moved to west suburban Aurora. While studying journalism at Southern Illinois University, Mr. Biernacki traveled to Chicago to experience the Democratic National Convention. Quickly realizing the crowds were getting "out-of-hand," he positioned himself out of harm's way to watch. He did not want to be a part of the protest, but, as a student of journalism, he wanted to experience what was happening around him. He felt as if the Chicago police "lost it" or "snapped."
Metadata URL:: http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/15
IIIF manifest:: https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/iiif/2/chm_oh:15/manifest.json
Language:: eng
Additional Rights Information:: © 2015 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved
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Extent:: Audio file: 19:57 minutes
Original Collection:: Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
I WAS THERE: The 1968 Democratic National Convention Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:: Chicago History Museum
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