Who’s Who inThe Trial of the Chicago 7: A Character Guide
Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Hoffman spoke at colleges and made public appearances throughout the trial (as shown in Sorkins film). (He would eventually surrender and serve the charge in 1980 before getting an early release.) He was the founder of one of the eras earliest protest groups, the Vietnam Day Committee. During the southern civil-rights campaign, he was arrested in Mississippi....