The 1968 Democratic convention was held in one of the most tumultuous times in recent history. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy had been assassinated, racial tensions exploded into riots in cities across the country, and student protests paralyzed college campuses.
The City of Chicago passed an ordinance that was aimed at reducing gang presence in Chicago neighborhoods.
In the area of adoption, the interest that takes center stage is that of the biological parents.
In America, the family serves as both the primary vehicle for the care and rearing of children and as a private realm of intimate association and moral autonomy.