Chicago 7 Sketches Released to Historical Museum

Boing Boing reader Nate says,

The courtroom sketches of the Chicago 7 by Franklin McMahon will soon be on display at the Chicago Historical Museum. The release of these sketches come at an interesting time with the ever declining feelings for the war in Iraq and the 40th anniversary of the '68 Democratic convention a little under a year away. The release of these sketches are a reminder not only of the turmoil of the 60's but also of what can happen when the judicial system runs wild.

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[#1 posted by Jennifer Emick , September 18, 2007 11:35 AM]

Iirc, Abbie and jerry lived in our building whern I was little. (Or the other way around)

[#2 posted by mpb , September 18, 2007 9:21 PM]

Jeepers! It's been 40 years? I did hear a recent news story on anti-war demonstrations which used the phrase "the whole world is watching". But, I'm not sure nostalgia is what is effective. Especially since the current Shrub cabinet was developed out of the Nixonian one and learned from what was tried then.

As a cultural phenomenon, why retro civil rights and ban-the-bomb slogans? Hasn't anyone evolved something better? or Maybe it is just jealousy that symbols of that time should be appropriated for current uses (a lot of blood, sweat, and tears went into those days)