Word: conventioners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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But Dallas officials had played up the police and security precautions they were taking for weeks before the convention, receiving extensive local press coverage. In the wake of San Francisco's confrontations, much of the local population was scared off by rumored "shoot to kill" police orders. Blacks and Hispanics...
Dallas' business community had been gearing up for the convention as a showcase in which to present the beauty and attractiveness of the city to the rest of the country. Dallas deserved to be a first-class city, not a regional outpost, and here was its big chance. The city...
There was no way Dallas was going to let the week-long advertisement opportunity be marred by unpredictable events. So, when the Alliance For Justice (the national coalition spearheaded by ACORN to plan the Tent City) applied for a permit for a downtown campsite, the city granted one at a...
After a lawsuit and a series of tough direct actions by ACORN members, the city settled out of court for a campsite a mile from the Convention Center, beside the major highway used by delegates coming from the airport to Dallas. In addition, the city agreed to set up showers...
Dallas still contrived to separate all protest from the delegates. Delegates were asked not to walk to the convention center, but to take special buses because there was supposedly no way to guarantee safety. And the designated "special event area" for ACORN's Monday morning rally at the convention center...