Question about a Song

[jazzyjj]

Hi all. Sorry if the subject line is a bit vague, but I'm wondering if the song that I've linked to here was actually meant to be sort of a disability-rights advocacy thing or if the timing when it came out was just right. The reason I ask is because I just heard another song by these guys a few minutes ago when I was at a neighbor friend's place across the hall. I've always really enjoyed these guys, and there is an advocacy organization here in Chicago called Access Living. Their website used to have a video with this song playing in the background, and it might still be up there but I haven't gotten it to play. Anyway, I was just curious about this. https://is.gd/D0UXiG

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[jesse_the_k]

Sorry for the glacial reply!

It's a 1970 Top 40 hit by Graham Nash, which remembers the 1968 Democratic National Convention, held in Chicago, and the later trial of its organizers. The "Chicago Eight" were charged after a police riot. Seven were white anti-war organizers; the eighth was Bobby Seale, a Black Panther leader. That's who was bound and gagged in the courtroom, charged with contempt, and tried separately. You can find out more by searching for "Chicago Seven."

more on what happened to Bobby Seale
https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/history/info-08-2010/where_are_they_now_bobby_seale.html