The Abbie and Amy Show

Scene inside the courtroom following acquittal in the CIA protest trial: Abbie Hoffman talks to Amy Carter, April 16, 1987. Kathy Borchers Photojournalism Collection (PH 083). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries – Permalink

It wasn’t Abbie Hoffman’s finest moment. But it was one of them. It was a critical moment in 1987 when he and the daughter of a president protested against the presence of the CIA and CIA recruitment on the campus of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.