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1. www.history.com › news › chicago-8-trial-importance7 Reasons Why the Chicago 8 Trial Mattered - HISTORY

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   Sep 24, 2019 · Here’s why the Chicago Eight trial, that opened on September 24, 1969, was such a big deal. 1. The Chicago Eight were the first people tried under the first federal anti-riot law.

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2. famous-trials.com › chicago8Chicago 8 - Famous Trials

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   These are some of the questions that surround one of the most unusual courtroom spectacles in American history, the 1969-70 trial of eight radicals accused of conspiring to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. ...

3. famous-trials.com › chicago8 › 1366-homeThe Chicago Eight Conspiracy Trial: An Account - Famous Trials

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   At Columbia, students seized the office of the President and held three persons hostage to protest the school's ties to the Defense Department. Two Jesuit priests, Phil and Daniel Berrigan, burned hundreds of draft records at a Selective Service center in Maryland.

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4. www.archives.gov › chicago › highlightsChicago 8 Statement - National Archives

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   Sep 17, 2024 · On March 20, 1969, the grand jury returned indictments on the eight individuals on charges of conspiracy to travel in interstate commerce with the intent to incite a riot, in violation of the Anti-Riot Act.

5. www.archives.gov › education › lessonsAftermath of 'the whole world is watching': The Chicago 8 Trial

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   Aug 15, 2016 · The contentious, political, and cultural conflict of the sixties was exemplified in the events of the 1968 Democratic Convention, the civil disturbances and the subsequent Chicago 8 Trial. Even before the August convention arrived in Chicago, the American people felt the turbulence of 1968.

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7. interactive.wttw.com › playlist › 2019/09/19The 1969 Clash Between the Counterculture and ... - WTTW Chicago

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   Sep 19, 2019 · The Chicago Eight conspiracy trial pitted the counterculture of the late 1960s against the government and the establishment in an era-defining battle that featured everything from Allen Ginsberg engaging in a Hindu chant to the judge ordering a defendant to be bound and gagged.

8. racism.org › articles › law-and-justiceJudicial Ethics: Lessons from the Chicago Eight Trial

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   Oct 31, 2019 · In September of 1969, eight defendants--known widely as the "Chicago Eight" charged with conspiracy and, in violation of the federal Anti-Riot Act, "individually crossing state lines and making speeches with intent to 'incite, organize, promote and encourage' riots."

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   What happened during the Chicago 8 trial?

   • Aftermath of "the whole world is watching": The Chicago 8 Trial The contentious, political, and cultural conflict of the sixties was exemplified in the events of the 1968 Democratic Convention, the civil disturbances and the subsequent Chicago 8 Trial.

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   Why was the Chicago 8 trial a big deal?

   • None were convicted of conspiracy, and although five of them were convicted of inciting a riot, an appellate court dismissed the charges because it found that the judge had been biased against them. Here’s why the Chicago Eight trial, that opened on September 24, 1969, was such a big deal. 1.

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   What was the evidence against the Chicago Eight?

   • The evidence against the Chicago Eight, as they became known, was always slim. None were convicted of conspiracy, and although five of them were convicted of inciting a riot, an appellate court dismissed the charges because it found that the judge had been biased against them.

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   What happened to the Chicago Eight?

   • After the appeal, most of the Chicago Eight continued their activist work, with Rubin standing out as the infamous yippie who became a yuppie in the 1980s. The four members who survived to see the trial’s 50th anniversary in 2019 are John Froines, Rennie Davis, Bobby Seale and Lee Weiner.

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   Who took the witness stand at the Chicago Eight trial?

   • Famous writers and performers took the witness stand. Courtroom drawings of poet Allen Ginsberg and musician Country Joe McDonald at the Chicago Eight trial. During the trial, the defendants argued that the anti-war demonstrations had been peaceful, and that the violence was instigated by the police.

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   Why was the Chicago Eight called the committee to defend the conspiracy?

   • Because the Chicago Eight had begun referring to themselves as “The Conspiracy,” the 19 signers dubbed themselves the Committee to Defend the Conspiracy. They pledged to raise money to fund the Chicago Eight’s legal defense and encouraged readers to make donations. 3. There was a clear cultural clash between the judge and the defendants.

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