In 1968 Waskow was elected an alternate delegate from the District of Columbia to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago . His delegation was pledged to support Robert Kennedy , and after Kennedy 's assassination , Waskow proposed and the delegation agreed to nominate Reverend Channing Phillips , chair of the delegation , for President , the first Black American so nominated at a major party convention
Democratic National Convention
1968 Democratic National Convention
Arthur Waskow