Chicago Seven: 1968 DNC protests, trial, and legacy Chicago Seven Group of activists originally tried as the Chicago Eight for protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention; their courtroom drama, convictions and later reversals shaped prot…
Civil disobedience: nonviolent refusal to obey laws deemed unjust Civil disobedience Civil disobedience is the deliberate, public, nonviolent refusal to follow laws or commands viewed as unjust, used historically to press moral and political change and to draw publ…
