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   What did it all mean? Was the Chicago Eight Trial merely, as one commentator suggested, "a monumental non-event"? Was it, as others argue, an important battle for the hearts and minds of the American people? Or is it best seen as a symbol of the conflicts of values that characterized the late sixties?

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2. www.encyclopedia.com › chicago-eightChicago Eight - Encyclopedia.com

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   The trial of the Chicago Eight exemplified the state of turmoil that existed in the United States in 1968. Because the Chicago conspiracy trial opened with eight defendants, this group of radical leaders is sometimes referred to as the Chicago Eight.

3. famous-trials.com › chicago8 › 1371-chronologyThe Chicago Eight Trial: A Chronology - Famous Trials

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   A federal grand jury indicts the Chicago Eight. April 9, 1969: The Chicago Eight are arraigned. August, 1969: Bobby Seale is arrested in connection with Connecticut charges of murder. September 24, 1969: The trial of the Chicago Eight begins in Chicago before Judge Julius Hoffman. October 29 to November 3, 1969

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

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6. 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.

7. 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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   What did the Chicago Eight exemplify?

   • The Chicago Eight represented or symbolized the state of turmoil that existed in the United States in 1968. The Chicago conspiracy trial, which involved eight defendants, is sometimes referred to as the Chicago Eight.

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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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   Why is it called the Chicago Seven?

   • The Chicago Eight trial is sometimes referred to as the Chicago Seven trial because one of the original eight defendants, Bobby Seale, had his trial severed from the others. The Chicago conspiracy trial opened with eight defendants.

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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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   How many phases were there in the Chicago Conspiracy Trial?

   • In his trial account The Barnyard Epithet an Other Obscenities, J. Anthony Lukas divides the Chicago Conspiracy Trial into five phases. The first phase, which Lukas calls 'The Jelly Bean Phase,' lasted from September 24 to October 13. It was a relatively uneventful stage, in which the defendants took a 'gently mocking' stance toward the trial.

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9. www.history.com › this-day-in-history › chicago-8Chicago 8 trial opens in Chicago | September 24, 1969 - HISTORY

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   Nov 16, 2009 · The trial for eight antiwar activists charged with inciting violent demonstrations at the August 1968 Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago before Judge Julius Hoffman.