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New York: The Center for Constitutional Rights, 1972. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Good. Various paginations. [2], v, (1), 388, a - h, (1), 4-6, 17, 49 - 54, 119 -151, 178, (1), 2 --6 pages. Footnotes. Cover has some wear, soiling, and discoloration. The Chicago Seven (originally Chicago Eight, also Conspiracy Eight/Conspiracy Seven) were seven defendants—Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, and Lee Weiner—charged by the United States federal government with conspiracy, crossing state lines with intent to incite a riot, and other charges related to anti-Vietnam War and countercultural protests in Chicago, Illinois during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The Chicago Eight became the Chicago Seven after the case against co-defendant Bobby Seale was declared a mistrial during the trial. All of the defendants were charged with and acquitted of conspiracy; Hoffman, Rubin, Dellinger, Hayden, and Davis were charged with and… Read More