He held office during the unrest of the 1960s , some of which was provoked by the police department 's discriminatory practices . In the Lincoln Park , Lakeview , Wicker Park and Humboldt Park communities , the Young Lords under the leadership of Jose Cha Cha Jimenez marched and held sit ins to protest the displacement of Latinos and the poor . After the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King in 1968 , major riots of despair resulted in the burning down of sections of the black neighborhoods of the South and West sides . Protests against the Vietnam War at the 1968 Democratic National Convention , held in Chicago , resulted in street violence , with televised broadcasts of the Chicago police 's beating of unarmed protesters
1968 Democratic National Convention
1968 Democratic National Convention
History of Chicago