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About Tom Hayden
Thomas Emmet Hayden was an American social and political activist, author, and politician. Hayden was best known for his role as an anti-war, civil rights, and intellectual activist in the 1960s, becoming an influential figure in the rise of the New Left. As a leader of the leftist organization Students for a Democratic Society, he wrote the Port Huron Statement, helped lead protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, and stood trial in the resulting "Chicago Seven" case.
Everything about Tom Hayden →- Occupation
- politician, political activist, writer
- Position held
- member of the California State Assembly, member of the State Senate of California, president
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- December 11, 1939
- Died
- October 23, 2016