But for all the ways Chicago represents Democratic ideals, critics say it has also exemplified the party’s failings and divisions.
Looming large over the upcoming Democratic National Convention is the spectre of an earlier convention in Chicago that ended in unrest and violence.
In 1968, the Democratic Party was facing questions about police violence, racial inequality and an unpopular overseas war, just as it is today. Then, as now, a turbulent election season was unfolding.
Still, the party assembled in Chicago for its 1968 Democratic National Convention.
But the Democrats were in turmoil. Less than three months prior, the assassination of Senator Robert F Kennedy, who was widely expected to be the Democratic nominee, left the party in disarray.
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