Rennard Cordon Davis was an American anti-war activist who gained prominence in the 1960s.
22 Facts About Rennie Davis
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Rennie Davis was one of the Chicago Seven defendants charged for anti-war demonstrations and large-scale protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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Rennie Davis became a venture capitalist, and founded the Foundation for a New Humanity to combine these goals.
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Rennie Davis was born in Lansing, Michigan, on May 23,1940.
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Rennie Davis's family moved to Berryville, Virginia, when he was in the seventh grade.
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Rennie Davis was the National Director of their project of community organizing programs in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Rennie Davis became increasingly allied with anti-war groups, and helped organize protests and related events before and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago for the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam.
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Rennie Davis was one of the principal organizers of the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam to plan anti-war protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
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Rennie Davis negotiated unsuccessfully to gain a permit with Chicago city counsel David Stahl.
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At a police riot in Grant Park on August 27,1968, Rennie Davis was among protesters beaten by Chicago police officers, and he suffered a concussion.
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Rennie Davis was found guilty of inciting to riot and sentenced to five years imprisonment.
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At his testimony, given January 23,1970, Rennie Davis related, for the Court, a speech he gave at the University of Chicago on November 20,1967, and, by extension, his reasons for demonstrating at the Democratic National Convention.
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Rennie Davis was a spokesperson and speaker at the widely publicized Millennium '73 event organized by Divine Light Mission in the Houston Astrodome.
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Rennie Davis described the arrival of Guru Maharaj Ji as,.
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Rennie Davis later became a venture capitalist and lecturer on meditation and self-awareness.
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Rennie Davis created the Foundation for a New Humanity, a technology development and venture capital company commercializing breakthrough technologies.
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Rennie Davis appeared on Larry King Live, Barbara Walters, CNN, Phil Donahue, VH1, and other network television programs.
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Rennie Davis consulted and provided advice in business strategies for Fortune 500 companies.
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Rennie Davis returned to Chicago for the 1996 Democratic National Convention to speak at the "Festival of Life" in Grant Park.
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Rennie Davis appeared on a panel with activist Tom Hayden discussing "a progressive counterbalance to the religious right".
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Rennie Davis died on February 2,2021, at his home in Berthoud, Colorado.
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Rennie Davis was 80 and suffered from lymphoma, which was discovered only two weeks prior to his death.