Conspiracy to Riot: The Life and Times of One of the Chicago 7

$16.95 at Art Institute of Chicago.

A firsthand account of the 1968 Democratic National Convention protests and the infamous Chicago 7 trial by one of the defendants. In March 1969, eight young men were indicted by the federal government for conspiracy to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. First dubbed the “Conspiracy 8” and later the “Chicago 7,” the group included firebrands like Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and Bobby Seale. But it also included a little-known community activist and social worker from the South Side of…