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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
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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?
The Chicago Seven, originally the Chicago Eight and also known as the Conspiracy Eight or Conspiracy Seven, were seven defendants – Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, John Froines, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and Lee Weiner – charged by the United States Department of Justice with conspiracy, crossing state lines with intent to ...
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.
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.
Jun 11, 2021 · In March 1969, a Chicago grand jury indicted eight men for conspiracy of crossing state lines to incite a riot at the Democratic National Convention.
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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.
