The 1968 Democratic party convention witnessed
a. a long deadlock over the nomination of its presidential candidate.
b. a police riot against antiwar demonstrators outside the convention hall.
c. a walkout by hundreds of southern delegates, who then founded the Independent party.
d. the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy soon after he delivered a speech at the convention.
e. the enthusiastic nomination of Vice President Humphrey.
b
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