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As a peace activist, Davis was a protest coordinator when some 3,000 demonstrators clashed with police near the convention in Chicago.

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 

Rennie Davis, 'Chicago Seven' activist, dead at 80 By AP reporter article Activists Jerry Rubin (left), Abbie Hoffman (center), and Rennie Davis speak with the press during a recess in their trial. The three are facing charges for conspiring to start the riots that tore through Chicago during the 1968 Democratic Convention Expand CHICAGO - 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...

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.