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Sep 24, 2019 · Fifty years later, 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...
- Becky Little
- 2 min
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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 incite a ...
The film tells the story of the 1969-70 trial of the Chicago Eight (later known as the Chicago Seven), and is adapted from the trial transcripts and a play The Chicago Conspiracy Trial by Ron Sossi and Frank Condon.
- Drama
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.
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.
Jan 17, 2022 · 🟢 Title: Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8🟢 Summary: A made-for-cable-TV docudrama about the trial of the men accused of conspiring to cause protester...
- 118 min
- 10.9K
- Boomer Channel
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.
