Today in History: Trial of the Chicago Eight, later the Chicago Seven, begins
- Posted on September 24, 2024
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Today in History: Trial of the Chicago Eight, later the Chicago Seven, begins
On Sept. 24, 1969, the trial of the Chicago Eight, later the Chicago Seven, began. (Five were later convicted of crossing state lines to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic convention, but the conv…