- Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
- Title:
- I WAS THERE: Marilyn Katz
- Creator:
- Katz, Marilyn
Mahoney, Olivia - Publisher:
- Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum - Date of Original:
- 2008-10-01
- Subject:
- Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)
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, East Rogers Park, 42.00864, -87.66672
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lakeview, 41.95559, -87.67089
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park, 41.9217, -87.64783 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
Text
StillImage - Format:
- audio/mpeg
image/jpeg
application/pdf - Description:
- Marilyn Katz was born and raised in the East Rogers Park neighborhood. In the mid-1960s, while a student at Northwestern University, she joined the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and started working as a community organizer in the Uptown neighborhood. In the spring of 1968, she helped organize protest marches following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Later that summer, Katz organized the defense for anti-Vietnam War protestors at the Democratic National Convention. She was present in Grant Park when police moved against the demonstrators, suffered a broken foot, but was not arrested.
- Metadata URL:
- http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/62
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/iiif/2/chm_oh:62/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: 44:13 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:
-
