'Chicago Seven' activist Rennie Davis dead at 80
As a peace activist, Davis was a protest coordinator when some 3,000 demonstrators clashed with police near the convention in Chicago.
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Chicago Seven: Anti-war activist Rennie Davis dies aged 80
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
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