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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 ...
5 days ago · Date: September 24, 1969 - February 18, 1970. Location: United States. Key People: Abbie Hoffman. Jerry Rubin. Tom Hayden. Chicago Seven, group of political activists who were arrested for their antiwar activities during the August 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
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Apr 16, 2010 · The Chicago Seven (originally eight) were political radicals accused of conspiring to incite the riots that occurred at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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Sep 23, 2022 · September 24, 1969, marked the beginning of one of the most infamous trials in U.S. history for eight (later seven) activists linked to the protests that took place in response to the 1968 Democratic National Convention, held in Chicago at the International Amphitheatre on August 26‒29.
Oct 15, 2020 · President Lyndon Johnson, beleaguered and defeated by the war, had made the unprecedented decision not to seek a second term; after Kennedy’s death, Vice President Hubert Humphrey stood as...
Jan 31, 2023 · Originally the Chicago 7 was the Chicago 8, with activist and Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale as an additional defendant, according to Smithsonian. Unlike the rest of the Chicago 8, Seale didn't organize the anti-Vietnam War protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Apr 19, 2021 · Aaron Sorkin's The Trial of the Chicago 7 dramatizes the infamous trial of anti-Vietnam war activists who demonstrated at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
