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Extraction Summary
6
People
2
Organizations
3
Locations
3
Events
1
Relationships
3
Quotes
Document Information
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Narrative/memoir excerpt (house oversight evidence)
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Summary
This document appears to be a page from a memoir or political essay included in House Oversight evidence files. The unidentified author reflects on the political evolution from the violent 1968 Chicago DNC protests to the peaceful 2008 Obama victory celebration in the same location (Grant Park), questioning if the election signaled a nonviolent revolution. The text concludes with a quote from Harry Chapin about hope and a cynical parenthetical note stating the author was eventually disappointed.
People (6)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| McCain | Presidential Candidate |
Mentioned in the context of polling errors and the election.
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| Obama | President |
Mentioned regarding his victory celebration in Grant Park.
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| Jimi Hendrix | Musician |
Mentioned playing at Woodstock.
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| Aretha Franklin | Musician |
Mentioned singing at the inauguration.
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| Harry Chapin | Singer/Songwriter |
Quoted by the author regarding 'hope'.
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| Unidentified Author | Narrator |
First-person narrator ('I') who was present at the 1968 DNC protests and spoke with Harry Chapin.
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party |
Implied by '1968 Democratic convention'.
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| Chicago Police |
Referred to as 'the police' who attacked demonstrators.
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Timeline (3 events)
1968
Democratic convention protests and police riot
Grant Park, Chicago
The Author
Protesters
Police
Locations (3)
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
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Location of the 1968 Democratic convention.
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Site of the 1968 rally and the 2008 Obama victory celebration.
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Location where Jimi Hendrix played.
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Relationships (1)
Chapin spoke to the author backstage at a benefit.
Key Quotes (3)
"In the future, you’ ll only need to vote for the pollster that you trust the most."Source
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"If you don’ t act like there’ s hope, there is no hope."Source
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"My hope is I don’ t get disappointed. [But I did.]"Source
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error, McCain could conceivably have been slightly ahead. This, then, was
the last presidential election. In the future, you’ ll only need to vote for
the pollster that you trust the most.
the last presidential election. In the future, you’ ll only need to vote for
the pollster that you trust the most.
During the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, I was among
15,000 protesters who had gathered in Grant Park for a rally when the
police, triggered by the actions of one of their own provocateurs, attacked
the demonstrators and sadistically beat as many as they could reach. It
seemed impossible that we could ever work within the system. But now,
forty years later, there were 200,000 celebrants who had gathered in that
same park, giddy with the excitement of Obama’ s victory. They had
worked within the system.
15,000 protesters who had gathered in Grant Park for a rally when the
police, triggered by the actions of one of their own provocateurs, attacked
the demonstrators and sadistically beat as many as they could reach. It
seemed impossible that we could ever work within the system. But now,
forty years later, there were 200,000 celebrants who had gathered in that
same park, giddy with the excitement of Obama’ s victory. They had
worked within the system.
During the past four decades, there has been a linear progression
from Jimi Hendrix playing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Woodstock to
Aretha Franklin singing “My Country, ’ tis of Thee” at the inauguration.
Is it possible that this event signified the early tremors of a nonviolent
revolution? As the late singer/songwriter Harry Chapin once said to me
backstage at a benefit: “If you don’ t act like there’ s hope, there is no
hope.” And remember, placebos work. My hope is I don’ t get
disappointed. [But I did.]
from Jimi Hendrix playing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Woodstock to
Aretha Franklin singing “My Country, ’ tis of Thee” at the inauguration.
Is it possible that this event signified the early tremors of a nonviolent
revolution? As the late singer/songwriter Harry Chapin once said to me
backstage at a benefit: “If you don’ t act like there’ s hope, there is no
hope.” And remember, placebos work. My hope is I don’ t get
disappointed. [But I did.]
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