The Conspiracy Trial of the Chicago Seven

John Schultz (1932-2017) was professor emeritus of fiction writing and a member of the graduate faculty in fiction writing at Columbia College in Chicago. He wrote novellas, short stories, and several books of non-fiction. He was the creator of the Story Workshop method of writing instruction which he practiced at Columbia, and the founder of Story Workshop Institute, which brought the same methods to elementary and secondary classrooms. Schultz covered the 1968 Democratic National Convention for the Evergreen Review and wrote No One Was Killed, an account of both the convention and the clashes between antiwar protesters and Chicago police. He also observed the subsequent trial of eight participants for conspiracy and inciting riot, which he recounted in Motion Will Be Denied, republished as The Chicago Conspiracy Trial. Both books are published by the University of Chicago Press.

Introduction

Part One: Motion Will Be Denied

Part Two: Seale

Part Three: A Demonstration Here, A Demonstration There

Part Four: The Struggle for the Laugh in the Courtroom

Part Five: The Struggle for the Spirit of the Courtroom: The Defense's Case

Part Six: The Struggle for the Soul of the Nation

Part Seven: The Jury Hearing

Afterword: Constitutional Morality Play