- The Chicago Seven Trial: Complete History and Legacy
A complete guide to the 1968 Chicago Seven trial: the defendants, the charges, the chaos in the courtroom, and the lasting legacy for American civil liberties.
- The 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention: What Happened and Why It Mattered
The 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago was a turning point in American political history. Explore what happened during the protests, the police response, and its lasting legacy.
- What Really Happened Outside the 1968 Democratic Convention
A detailed reconstruction of the events of August 1968 in Chicago, when police violence against antiwar protesters was broadcast into millions of American living rooms.
- Meet the Chicago Seven: Who Were They and What Did They Believe?
The Chicago Seven were eight defendants charged after the 1968 DNC protests. Learn who they were, what movements they represented, and what their trial revealed about 1960s America.
- The Chicago Conspiracy Trial: A Legal History of One of America's Most Dramatic Courtrooms
The Chicago Seven trial was one of the most chaotic in American legal history. Explore the charges, the defendants' strategies, Judge Hoffman's conduct, and the ultimate verdicts.
- Bobby Seale: The Silenced Voice of the Chicago Trial
How the binding and gagging of Black Panther chairman Bobby Seale became the trial's most infamous moment and exposed the racial fault lines of American justice.
- Judge Julius Hoffman: A Study in Judicial Misconduct
Legal scholars continue to debate whether Judge Hoffman's conduct during the Chicago Seven trial represents the most consequential instance of judicial bias in modern American history.
- Abbie Hoffman and the Yippies: Countercultural Protest at the 1968 DNC
The story of Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party, and how they transformed political protest into performance art at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
- Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden, and the New Left Movement
Profiles of two central figures of the 1960s New Left: Jerry Rubin's journey from Yippie provocateur to Wall Street yuppie, and Tom Hayden's lifelong commitment to democratic change.
- Civil Liberties and the Chicago Seven: First Amendment Lessons That Still Apply
The Chicago Seven trial raised First Amendment questions about protest, assembly, and conspiracy that remain deeply relevant today. Explore the civil liberties legacy of this landmark case.
- How the Chicago Seven Trial Changed American Civil Rights Law
The Chicago Seven trial's lasting impact on free speech law, protest rights, the right to a fair trial, and the constitutional limits of anti-riot legislation.
- Political Protests and Free Speech: Lessons from 1968 Chicago
What the 1968 Chicago protests and the subsequent trial teach us about the relationship between political dissent, free speech, and state power in a democracy.
- The Chicago Seven in Popular Culture: Films, Plays, and the Memory of 1968
The Chicago Seven trial has been depicted in film, theater, and literature for over fifty years. Explore how popular culture has interpreted this landmark moment in American civil rights history.
- Aaron Sorkin's 'The Trial of the Chicago 7': History vs Hollywood
How accurately did Aaron Sorkin's 2020 Academy Award-nominated film portray the Chicago Seven trial? A detailed comparison with the historical record.