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  Chicago Seven - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Chicago Seven were seven (originally eight, at which point they were known as the Chicago Eight) defendants charged with conspiracy, inciting to riot, and other charges related to violent protests that took place in Chicago, Illinois on the occasion of the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
The original eight protester/defendants, indicted by the grand jury on March 20, 1969, were: Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, Lee Weiner, and Bobby Seale.
The Chicago Eight then became the Chicago Seven, where the defendants, particularly Yippies Hoffman and Rubin, mocked courtroom decorum as the widely publicized trial itself became a focal point for a growing legion of protesters.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chicago_Eight   (627 words)

  
 Chicago (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The song refers to both the riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, as well as the trial of the Chicago Eight, where protesters at the convention were charged with intent to incite a riot.
The first line of the song: "Though your brother's bound and gagged, and they've chained him to a chair" refers to Bobby Seale, the only fl plaintiff, who was actually gagged and bound to a chair in the courtroom.
The line "Won't you please come to Chicago just to sing" refers to Nash pleading with bandmates Stephen Stills and Neil Young to come to Chicago to protest the Chicago Eight trial.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chicago_(song)   (230 words)

  
 BULLS: 2005.06 Chicago Bulls: 82 Games
Chicago scored 10 of the game's first 12 points and were off and running from there in a 95-66 victory over Portland at the United Center on March 14.
Chicago trailed by nine at the end of the third quarter and made a run late in the fourth before ultimately falling to the Blazers, 96-93, on Nov. 16.
Chicago struggled from the field and was dealt a 100-82 loss by the host Warriors on Nov. 14 to start a six-game road trip.
www.nba.com /bulls/news/82games_0506.html   (6303 words)

  
 Chicago Public Radio - 848
Chicago writer Soren McCarthy writes about observing the event first-hand, and his responsibility to serve as an accountable witness for the historical event.
The Chicago Public Radio Web team has been toiling away to resurrect the literary, musical and variety showcase, “Writers' Block Party.” Hosted by local writer Amy Krouse Rosenthal, local artists stop by our studios to read from their latest work, share witty commentary and answer listeners' romantic dilemmas through song.
Also, the Chicago Public Radio City Room™ contributes to the series with a look at Chicago residents becoming more involved with immigration issues and taking action in order to stay with their families.
www.chicagopublicradio.org /848   (619 words)

  
 Chicago Historical Society - The Haymarket Digital Collection
The Haymarket Affair was a momentous and controversial event in Chicago's history and in the history of the American labor movement.
In Chicago, a monument was erected in Haymarket Square to memorialize the police officers who lost their lives.
The Accused and the accusers; the famous speeches of the eight Chicago anarchists in court.
www.chicagohs.org /hadc/intro.html   (695 words)

  
 ESPN Classic - SportsCenter Flashback:
The Chicago Black Sox banned from baseball
Chicago starter Lefty Williams was 23-11 during the season but had lost his first two Series starts.
Chicago's Shoeless Joe Jackson, who also will be suspended, leads all hitters (with at least eight at-bats) with a.375 batting average and his six RBI top the White Sox.
Last night, several hundred spectators in a Chicago courtroom boomed "Hooray for the clean Sox!" when seven former White Sox players and two gamblers were acquitted by a jury on charges that they conspired to defraud the public through the throwing of the 1919 World Series.
espn.go.com /classic/s/black_sox_moments.html   (694 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Prior's return spoiled as Tigers blast eight homers in 12-3 victory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
CHICAGO (AP) — Kenny Rogers won his 200th game.
The eight homers tied a Tigers record set June 20, 2000, at Toronto, and matched the season high by a Cubs opponent.
He might pitch next weekend at Minnesota, which would mean the Cubs would have two of their most accomplished starters in the rotation for the first time since July.
usatoday.com /sports/baseball/games/2006-06-18-tigers-cubs_x.htm?csp=34   (930 words)

  
 Game Center - Chicago Blackhawks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Defenseman Duncan Keith halved Chicago's deficit late in the first period, but Foster scored his third goal in four games with 3:24 to go in the second to restore Minnesota's two-goal bulge.
Chicago has lost four straight games and six of eight all-time at Xcel Energy Center, where they face the Minnesota Wild.
At Chicago, Mikael Holmquist's goal snapped a tie midway through the third period, and Rene Bourque had a goal and two assists.
www.chicagoblackhawks.com /gamecenter/GameCenter.asp?game_id=55   (817 words)

  
 Game Center - Chicago Blackhawks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
But Conklin was able to slide across the net and smother the puck between his pads.While Conklin was stonewalling the Blackhawks, the Oilers were having their way on the offensive end.
Chicago, which has scored two goals or fewer in five of its last six games, is coming off a 3-2 setback against Calgary on Monday.
Chicago has taken the first two meetings of the season series, including a 4-3 victory on November 19 behind a pair of goals by rookie Rene Bourque and 33 saves from Anderson.
www.chicagoblackhawks.com /gamecenter/GameCenter.asp?game_id=46   (520 words)

  
 American Experience | Chicago: City of the Century | Special Features
The event marked the anarchist movement as violent and made Chicago world-famous as a hotspot of labor conflict.
Eight men were arrested and charged with murder at Haymarket.
Though they all opposed Chicago's elite businessmen, whom they believed stood for "starvation of the masses, privileges and luxury for the few," the eight held very different ideas about what action to take.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/chicago/sfeature/sf_haymarket.html   (190 words)

  
 Chicago Defender / Sports
For a change in a series of almost weekly must-win games, the Steelers won because they got back to basics, something the Bears' offense did successfully for weeks during a winning streak that was carried almost exclusively by the defense.
The Steelers' three touchdowns matched a season high against the Bears, and their 21 points were the most against Chicago since a 24-9 loss to Cincinnati on Sept. 25.
The Chicago Defender becomes the first Black news source in the nation to launch a video podcast.
www.chicagodefender.com /page/sports.cfm?ArticleID=3227   (610 words)

  
 Chicago Public Radio - Audio Library: Eight Forty-Eight   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Mary Dempsey is stepping down as the interim chief of the troubled Chicago Department of Procurement to return to her post as Commissioner of Chicago's public libraries.
Chicago Public Radio's Jay Field reports on the late-night arrival of nearly two hundred evacuees and on what Illinois is doing to help them as they begin to rebuild their lives.
Chicago Public Schools students are returning to new classes, new policies, and in some cases, entirely new schools.
www.chicagopublicradio.org /audio_library/848_rasep05.asp   (5718 words)

  
 American Experience | Chicago: City of the Century
The labor movement failed in its effort to reduce the average work day from eleven to eight hours at the same pay in 1886.
A strike at the McCormick Reaper Works led to violence at Haymarket Square during an anarchists' demonstration on May 4, 1886.
In 1893, following her investigation of sweatshop working conditions, Florence Kelley succeeded in convincing Illinois to mandate an eight-hour day for women and children workers, and ban children under 14 from the workforce.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/chicago/sfeature/sf_made_09.html   (123 words)

  
 cbs2chicago.com - Eight Arrested In Rogers Park Drug Sting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
(STNG) CHICAGO Eight gang members are in custody on drug charges and another four are being sought after police shut down an open-air drug market in Rogers Park.
Initiated in May, the investigation was launched in response to complaints about narcotics activity from citizens, business owners and 24th District Cmdr. Bruce Rottner, who noted an increase in violent crimes in the area, according to the release.
Eight offenders were taken into custody -- Roland Turner, 34; Antwon McCoy, 25; Lawrence Herron, 18; Robert Vann, 22; Vernice Wilson, 42; and Iesha Morales, 20 are charged with criminal drug conspiracy; and Preston Bennett, 27; and Anthony Bailey, 38, are charged with delivery of a controlled substance, according to the release.
cbs2chicago.com /homepage/local_story_244164510.html   (348 words)

  
 The Trial of The Chicago Seven (or Chicago Eight)
The Trial of The Chicago Seven (or Chicago Eight)
Was the Chicago Seven Trial merely, as one commentator suggested, "a monumental non-event"?
These are some of the questions that surround one of the most unusual courtroom spectacles in American history, the 1969-70 trial of seven radicals accused of conspiring to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/Chicago7/chicago7.html   (96 words)

  
 Chicago Wood Artists: "Chicago Does Wood"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Eight Chicago artists reveal the aesthetic flexibility and continued relevance of wood by carving, cutting, painting, and recycling this age-old material.
These Chicago artists live in (as they are constantly reminded) urbs in horto, or a city in a garden.
Although this city is also proud of its grittiness, it is a varied collective forest of fruit trees, pines, oaks, and maples, which artists find, cut up into logs, waiting in parks and alleys for a Department of Streets and Sanitation pick-up.
www.chicagowoodartists.com   (347 words)

  
 FOX Chicago | News | Eight People Injured in CTA Bus Collision   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
(05.04.06) — A Chicago Transit Authority bus and a car were involved in an accident at approximately 1:30 Thursday afternoon on the West Side.
The accident occurred at the intersection of Chicago and Latrobe avenues.
The Chicago Avenue No. 66 bus was westbound near the intersection when the accident happened; and eight people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
www.foxchicago.com /_ezpost/data/40835.shtml   (168 words)

  
 cbs2chicago.com - 8-Year-Old Boy At Center Of Circumcision Debate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Chicago news, weather, sports, traffic and video from cbs2chicago.com: 8-Year-Old Boy At Center Of Circumcision Debate
(AP) CHICAGO An eight-year-old is at the center of a courtroom feud in Chicago between his divorced parents, who disagree over whether the boy should be circumcised.
An eight-year-old is at the center of a courtroom feud in Chicago between his divorced parents, who disagree over whether the boy should be circumcised.
cbs2chicago.com /topstories/local_story_165155119.html   (214 words)

  
 Chicago Storm
Chicago Storm defender Lazo Alavanja is on loan with the USL’s Charleston Battery and the MISL all-star came up huge Thursday night.
The Chicago Storm and Chief Operating Officer/GM Brian Loftin are proud to name Steve Morris as the team's new Head Coach.
The 38 year old becomes the second coach in franchise history, with a contract running through the conclusion of the 2008-09 season.
www.chicagostorm.net:16080 /news/?cat=16&id=465   (224 words)

  
 Chicago Web Docent
Chicago WebDocent (CWD) is a collaboration among eight Chicago cultural institutions, the Chicago Public Schools, and the University of Chicago to develop curriculum materials utilizing the collections of the museums.
The collaboration brings together the experience of Chicago Public School teachers, the curriculum development expertise of the University of Chicago, and the extensive resources available at the museums.
CWD represents "a chance for MSI to partner with the Chicago Public Schools in a way that encourages access to our artifact collections.
www.chicagowebdocent.org /about/index.htm   (412 words)

  
 An Account of the Chicago Seven Conspiracy Trial of 1969-70.
For example, Hoffman allowed the government to introduce speeches of the defendants made well before their arrival in Chicago when they tended to support the government's case, but ruled that the defense could not introduce (because they were "self-serving") pre-Convention documents that suggested peaceable intentions.
The specifications ranged from minor acts of disrespect (such as not standing for the judge) to playful acts (such as baring rib cages or blowing kisses to the jury) to insulting or questioning the integrity of the court ("liar," "hypocrite," and "fascist dog").
The jury initially split, with eight jurors voting to convict defendants on both the conspiracy and intent to incite riot charges and four jurors voting to acquit on all charges.
www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/Chicago7/Account.html   (3510 words)

  
 Re: Dear Chicago Eight...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Then an image of a $20 bill and a $5 bill showed how when they are combined an X can be drawn through the image of a president whose name is a four-letter word.
Carolyn (Chicago) -- Tuesday, 11 May 2004, at 5:29 a.m.
Chicago Eight -- Tuesday, 11 May 2004, at 12:50 p.m.
bca.ns.ca /Support/forums/wcbc.cgi/noframes/read/3543   (310 words)

  
 chicago eight   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Following the bomb at the Haymarket Square, eight anarchists were put on trial for conspiracy to commit murder.
In what was essentially a witch hunt and trial, seven of these men were sentenced to death.
The five of the eight Chicago Anarchists that were executed for their "crimes." Clockwise from top left: August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer, George Engel.
www.louisville.edu /a-s/english/haymarket/ericf/chicagoeight.html   (147 words)

  
 THIS IS HELL - WNUR 89.3 Chicago
The official This is Hell listening center is located in Cary's Lounge, 2251 West Devon, in Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood (also known as West Ridge and Chai Town).
Last week, we talked 'Big Coal,' 'the Chicago Eight,' Iraq, the morality of bombing civilians during World War Two, and wrapped the show up by talking with Tom Hayden.
Chicago's most extensive and exhaustive Events calendar is now updated through Thursday, September 7th.
www.thisishell.net   (655 words)

  
 NPR : CHICAGO EIGHT
All Things Considered, November 21, 1997 · David Schaper (SHAY-per) of member station WBEZ reports on the continuing controversy in Chicago about eight abandoned children.
The children, ranging in age from an infant to a 10-year-old were found huddling in a freezing Chicago apartment Wednesday.
The mother told police she left the children alone to look for a new apartment.
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1037018   (131 words)

  
 Chicago NCAA Great Eight Basketball Classic Tournament Banner - SV-00022   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Rare City of Chicago Great Eight Classic banner commemorating the 1996 Great Eight Classic NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
The banner was designed to welcome eight of the nation’s best college basketball teams to the United Center for a two- day tournament.
This limited production banner is made of a canvas type of material and is near mint condition with no tears, repairs, soiling, staining, fraying or any apparent damage.
www.rubylane.com /shops/autumnflapper/item/SV-00022   (182 words)

  
 Eight Limbs Yoga Center on Centerstage Chicago - Eight Limbs Yoga Center : 4727 N. Damen, Chicago, 773-561-1877, Yoga, ...
Eight Limbs Yoga Center on Centerstage Chicago - Eight Limbs Yoga Center : 4727 N. Damen, Chicago, 773-561-1877, Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Clothing and Equipment Retail,Editor's Pick,Hatha Yoga,Iyengar Yoga,Social Events,Workshops,Yoga Teacher Training
Formerly: Eight Limbs Yoga provides a beautiful community center for Yoga, Meditation, Massage and Healing Arts.
Eight Limbs produces high quality hand made yoga props.
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 The Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago
The Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago Magazine profiles David Meltzer, associate professor in medicine, economics, and the Harris School.
Jeffrey Grogger, Irving Harris Professor in Urban Policy, discusses welfare reform in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and on Chicago Public Radio’s Eight Forty-Eight.
www.harrisschool.uchicago.edu   (231 words)

  
 Knowledge Cards - Great Buildings of Chicago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Great Buildings of Chicago Knowledge Cards tell the history of the city from its destruction to the creation of an architectural skyline unmatched by any in the world.
This deck of cards with photographs of and historical and architectural information about forty-eight of Chicago’s finest buildings-will take you on an armchair tour of Chicago or serve as a guide for a walking tour, even inspire a budding architect to design the building of tomorrow!
Become a Member of the Chicago History Museum today and save!
www.chicagotogo.org /greatbuilofc.html   (96 words)

  
 Find in a Library: Conspiracy on appeal; appellate brief on behalf of the Chicago Eight.
Find in a Library: Conspiracy on appeal; appellate brief on behalf of the Chicago Eight.
Conspiracy on appeal; appellate brief on behalf of the Chicago Eight.
WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries.
www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/b6e60cf2579ca0bf.html   (98 words)

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