Abbie Hoffman
American activist (1936–1989) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abbot Howard Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was an American political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies") and was a member of the Chicago Seven. He was also a leading proponent of the Flower Power movement.[1][2]
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Born | Abbot Howard Hoffman (1936-11-30)November 30, 1936 Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | April 12, 1989(1989-04-12) (aged 52) |
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Education | Worcester Academy Brandeis University (BA) University of California, Berkeley (MA) |
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Years active | 1967–1989 |
Known for | Political philosophy, social revolution, guerrilla theater, Civil Rights Movement, gift economics |
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Movement | Yippie, 1960s counterculture |
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Children | 3 |
As a member of the Chicago Seven, Hoffman was charged with and tried―for activities during the 1968 Democratic National Convention―for conspiring to use interstate commerce with intent to incite a riot and crossing state lines with the intent to incite a riot under the anti-riot provisions of Title X of the Civil Rights Act of 1968.[3][4]: 4 Five of the Chicago Seven defendants, including Hoffman, were convicted of crossing state lines with intent to incite a riot;[4]: 8 all of the convictions were vacated after an appeal and the U.S. Department of Justice declined to pursue another trial.[4]: 9 Hoffman,[5] along with all of the defendants and their attorneys were also convicted and sentenced for contempt of court by the judge; these convictions were also vacated after an appeal.[4]: 9
Hoffman continued his activism into the 1970s and remains an icon of the anti-Vietnam war movement and the counterculture era.[6][7] He died by suicide with a phenobarbital overdose in 1989 at age 52.[8]