<Li> The 1924, 1976, 1980, and 1992 Democratic National Conventions were held at MSG . </Li> <Li> On October 31, 1936, Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his last speech before that year's presidential election . In it, he criticized the interests who opposed the New Deal, stating, "I welcome their hatred ." </Li> <Li> On February 20, 1939, A large German American Bund convention was held prompting riots and protests in and around the arena by American Jews and others . </Li> <Li> Former Republican Party presidential candidate Wendell Willkie led 20,000 African Americans on June 7, 1943, the largest Civil Rights rally of its time, in calling for equal rights and for victory in the war against Hitler . </Li>

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