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By Natalie Blumenstock Winston Churchill, grandson of the famous World War II statesman, was still in his twenties in 1968. In Britain, it is expected that even legacy politicians do a stint as a journalist before standing for parliament. This young Winston was covering the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, famously characterized by a police riot. One night, as Winston made his way to his hotel, he was rousted by some cops, already of a mind to beat up some […]
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