Rennie Davis, Chicago Seven activist, has died at 80
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Rennie Davis, one of the Chicago Seven activists who was tried for organizing an anti-Vietnam War protest outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago that turned violent, has died. He was 80.
Davis died on Tuesday of lymphoma at his home in Berthoud, Colorado, his wife, Kirsten Liegmann, told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
A longtime peace activist, Davis was national director of the community organizing program for the anti-war Students for a Democratic Society and was a protest coordinator for the Chicago convention.
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A longtime peace activist, Davis was national director of the community organizing program for the anti-war Students for a Democratic Society and was a protest coordinator for the Chicago convention.
The protest was organised outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention
Some 3,000 anti-war demonstrators clashed with police and National Guards
Because of TV coverage of convention, the following riots were widely viewed
Davies was a longtime peace activist and national director of the community organizing program for the anti-war Students for a Democratic Society
He died of lymphoma at his home in Colorado, aged 80, on Tuesday
But Davis wife said his legacy goes well beyond his pacifist activism