Abbot Howard Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989), better known as Abbie Hoffman, 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.
Abbot Howard Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989), better known as Abbie Hoffman, was an American political and social dissenter who co-founded the Youth International Party (“Yippies”) and was a supporter of the Chicago Seven. He was moreover a leading proponent of the Flower Power movement.
As a advocate of the Chicago Seven, Hoffman was charged when and tried for conspiring to use interstate commerce carefully to assist a riot and crossing confess lines following the intent to incite a riot under the anti-riot provisions of Title X of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. Five of the Chicago Seven defendants, including Hoffman, were convicted of crossing give access lines purposefully to encourage a riot; all of the convictions were vacated after an fascination and the U.S. Department of Justice declined to pursue other trial. Hoffman, along with anything of the defendants and their attorneys were afterward convicted and sentenced for contempt of court by the judge; these convictions were next vacated after an appeal.
Hoffman continued his activism into the 1970s, and remains an icon of the anti-war interest and the counterculture era. He died of a phenobarbital overdose in 1989 at age 52.