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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.
- Becky Little
- 2 min
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. ...
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."
Feb 19, 2018 · Slavery in Detroit grew out of the bustling fur trade when the settlement was still under French control, Miles says. As trade ramped up along the busy river port, the power brokers needed a labor force – to grow and process food, handle fur, operate boats, maintain domestic spaces, and more.
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.
Nov 18, 2019 · Charges were levied against eight defendants, who were individuals that represented leaders in a variety of movements and groups during this time. This Essay examines the opening stages of this trial from the lens of a then relatively new criminal defense attorney, Gerald Lefcourt.
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Increasing Northern reluctance to shoulder the moral burden of supporting slavery induced free state congressmen to tenaciously contest the Slave Power’s tightening grip on the federal government.
