Abraham A. Ribicoff's guest appearances

Abraham A. Ribicoff

From the Archives – Columbia Center for Oral History

Dorothy Parker

Joseph O'Neill

Hubert Humphrey

Gene Kelly

James Cagney

Fred Astaire

Thurgood Marshall

Judith Anderson

Omar Bradley

Joan Ganz Cooney

Bobby Bowen

Edward Koch

Bella Abzug

Bennet Cerf

Norman Thomas

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American politician Abraham A. Ribicoff, in this 1993 interview, describes the events leading up to his famous impromptu speech at the 1968 Democratic National Convention condemning police assaults on anti-war protesters outside the convention center and convention delegates’ responses to it.

Abraham A. Ribicoff: Chicago, 1968