- Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
- Title:
- I WAS THERE: Sue Levins
- Creator:
- Levins, Sue
Long, Tim - Publisher:
- Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum - Date of Original:
- 2008-08-27
- Subject:
- Blackstone Hotel (Chicago, Ill.)
Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.)
Oral history
Interviews
Riots
Elections
Political science - Location:
- United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
Text
StillImage - Format:
- audio/mpeg
image/jpeg
application/pdf - Description:
- Sue Levins grew up in a middle-class family in Skokie and was home on summer vacation from her studies at the University of Miami during the 1968 convention. She went to Lincoln Park on the first day of the convention with close friends from her high school just to check out what was going on. Though eager to go home at 11pm when the police requested the protesters to leave, her friends; who also happened to be her ride home, wished to stay and see what would happen. Unintentionally involved in a Police sweep and rebuttal by protesters including Allen Ginsburg, Sue Levins and her friends were luckily rescued by running into an old friend who gave them a ride out of the area.
- Metadata URL:
- http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/77
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/iiif/2/chm_oh:77/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: 27:50 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:
-
I WAS THERE: Sue Levins
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