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A conversation about the Chicago Seven trial
with Tom Hayden, Dave Dellinger, William Kunstler and more on Oct 28, 1994
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with Tom Hayden, Dave Dellinger, William Kunstler and more on Oct 28, 1994
William Moses Kunstler (July 7, 1919 - September 4, 1995) was an American jurist, self-described “radical lawyer” and civil rights activist.
He gained national renown for defending the “Chicago Seven” (originally “Chicago Eight”) against charges of conspiring to incite riots in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. During the trial, he and the other defense attorney, Leonard Weinglass, were cited for contempt (the convictions were later overturned).
He was also a director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) from 1964 to 1972, when he became a member of the ACLU National Council. In 1969 he co-founded the Center for Constitutional Rights.
