From Protester to Delegate Tim Boggs Joins Establishment
AP Newsfeatures traces Tim Boggs once a 1968 Grant Park volunteer and participant in protests to his 36th Democratic National Convention role. The Wisconsin senior survived helicopter searchlights and tear gas, later becoming a registered delegate and now aligning with the Establishment.
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Tim Boggs's shift from scout to McGovern delegate
The Wisconsin California and Chicago years form Tim Boggs’s path from affluent teen to McGovern activist. He grew up amid Scouting independence and campus protests, finding radicalizing purpose in antiwar work, Kent State, and a Madison speech that earned him a Wisconsin delegate spot for the 1972 Democratic Convention.
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