David T. Dellinger (August 22, 1915 – May 25, 2004) was an American pacifist and an activist for nonviolent social change. Although active beginning in the early 1940s, Dellinger reached peak prominence as one of the Chicago Seven, who were put on trial in 1969.

The Chicago Seven, originally the Chicago Eight and also known as the Conspiracy Eight or Conspiracy Seven, were seven defendants – Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, John Froines, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and Lee Weiner – charged by the United States Department of Justice with conspiracy, crossing state lines with intent to ...

Oct 16, 2020 · David Dellinger (John Carroll Lynch) was known as a “radical pacifist” and had been protesting longer than the other members of the Chicago 7, including refusing to register for the military...

May 27, 2004 · David Dellinger, whose commitment to nonviolent direct action against the federal government placed him at the forefront of American radical pacifism in the 20th century and led, most...

Oct 15, 2020 · David Dellinger (John Carroll Lynch)—literally a Boy Scout leader—was a pacifist and organizer for the Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam (MOBE), which had been formed the...

Oct 16, 2020 · These title cards read in part: "Abbie Hoffman, Tom Hayden, David Dellinger, Jerry Rubin and Rennie Davis were found guilty of incitement to riot and sentenced to 5 years in federal prison.

Oct 15, 2020 · David Dellinger. David Dellinger was a graduate of Yale university and had been a classmate of Walt Rostow, Lyndon B Johnson's National Security Advisor between 1966 and 1969. Born in 1915, he also studied at Oxford and drove an ambulance in the Spanish Civil War. He was a conscientious objector during World War Two and was jailed.

May 27, 2004 · David Dellinger, a lifelong and preeminent peace activist who was one of the “Chicago Seven” defendants following the riots at the 1968 Democratic Party convention, has died. He was 88.

In August 1968, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, Lee Weiner, John Froines, and Bobby Seale make preparations to protest at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Five months later, they are arrested and charged with "crossing state lines" to incite a riot.

The Chicago 7 now: here's what happened to Abbie Hoffman, Tom Hayden, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Rennie Davis, John Froines, and Lee Weiner.