- Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
- Title:
- I WAS THERE: John Fitzgerald
- Creator:
- Fitzgerald, John
Bivins, Joy - Publisher:
- Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum - Date of Original:
- 2008-08-27
- Subject:
- Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.)
Oral history
Interviews
Riots
Elections
Political science
African Americans
Nonviolence - Location:
- United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grant Park, 41.87948, -87.61894
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park, 41.9217, -87.64783
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Rogers Park, 42.00864, -87.66672 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
Text
StillImage - Format:
- audio/mpeg
image/jpeg
application/pdf - Description:
- John Fitzgerald was a lifelong resident of the Rogers Park community area. He described a typical middle class upbringing in a household that was not political. Mr. Fitzgerald recounts extensive involvement in the Civil Rights Movement; he registered voters in Alabama and participated in the Selma March. In 1968, he was newly married and preparing for the bar or legal examination. He described his interaction with the convention and events surrounding it as being somewhat distant. He and his wife would visit Grant and Lincoln parks during the day, talk to people, and head home in the evening. He recalls watching the violence of Wednesday night from the window of a building at 116 South Michigan Avenue, which he and former colleagues later turned into a first aid station for injured protestors.
- Metadata URL:
- http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/31
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/iiif/2/chm_oh:31/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- © 2015 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved
For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or contact rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org. - Extent:
- Audio file: 45:17 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
- Rights:
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