The Democratic National Convention is going on this week in Philadelphia, which brin...  ...is week in Philadelphia, which brings to mind the conventions of 1948. Three major parties held their conventions in Philadelphia that year, and there was somethin...  ...the first ye...

1. The Convention Turned KlanbakeFor Americans accustomed to today&...  ...ricans accustomed to today’s tame, scripted political conventions , the 1924 Democratic Convention went down more like a taping of The Jerry Spring...  ...tingent that included the Ku Klux Kl...