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Simple drawings, not archival photographs, each with a short historical note

Illustration of a federal courthouse

Illustration: a courthouse. The trial took place in the federal courthouse in Chicago before Judge Julius Hoffman, beginning in September 1969.

Illustration of a newspaper front page

Illustration: newspaper coverage. The August 1968 clashes between police and demonstrators were front-page news across the country.

Illustration of a megaphone

Illustration: protest. Thousands of demonstrators came to Chicago during the Democratic National Convention of August 1968.

Illustration of a protest placard

Illustration: a placard. "The whole world is watching" became the best-known chant of the 1968 Chicago protests.

Illustration of an open law book

Illustration: the appeal. In November 1972 the Seventh Circuit reversed the riot convictions in United States v. Dellinger.

Illustration of a television set

Illustration: television. Network news coverage brought images of the protests into millions of American homes.

Illustration of a group of people

Illustration: the defendants. Eight men were indicted in March 1969; Bobby Seale's case was later severed, leaving the Chicago Seven.

Illustration of a film strip

Illustration: film. The trial has been dramatised several times, including in the 2020 film The Trial of the Chicago 7.

Illustration of a gavel

Illustration: contempt of court. Judge Hoffman's contempt sentences were reversed on appeal; at a 1973 retrial before another judge, no further sentences were imposed.