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thechicago7.com publishes general educational and historical information about the 1968 Democratic National Convention protests and the 1969–70 Chicago conspiracy trial. It is not legal advice, and it is not a scholarly or peer-reviewed publication. While we try to be accurate, details can be simplified, and historians sometimes disagree; please verify anything important against the sources below.
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Suggested sources and further reading
- Rights in Conflict (the “Walker Report”), submitted to the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence, 1968.
- United States v. Dellinger, 472 F.2d 340 (7th Cir. 1972) – the appeals decision reversing the riot convictions.
- In re Dellinger, 461 F.2d 389 (7th Cir. 1972) – the appeals decision on the contempt convictions.
- Judy Clavir and John Spitzer (eds.), The Conspiracy Trial (1970) – extended excerpts from the trial transcript.
- Jon Wiener, Conspiracy in the Streets: The Extraordinary Trial of the Chicago Eight (2006).
- Todd Gitlin, The Whole World Is Watching (1980) and The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage (1987).
- Douglas O. Linder, “Famous Trials” collection (University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law), which includes transcript excerpts and documents from the trial.
- Chicago History Museum and the Chicago Public Library for local archival material on 1968.
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