Tom Hayden Biography

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NAME: Thomas Emmet Hayden
OCCUPATION: Animal Rights Activist, Civil Rights Activist, Anti-War Activist, Political Leader
BIRTH DATE: December 11, 1939 (Age: 72)
EDUCATION: University of Michigan
PLACE OF BIRTH: Detriot, Michigan

ZODIAC SIGN: Sagittarius

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Tom Hayden is a social and political activist and politician, known for his involvement in the animal rights, anti-war and civil rights movements of the 1960s.

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Tom Hayden is a radical social and political activist known for his involvement in the animal rights, anti-war and civil rights movements of the 1960s. He co-founded of the Students for a Democratic Society and was a co-founder of the Economic Research and Action Project. Married to actress Jane Fonda, he ran for the US Senate; he was elected to the California State Assembly in 1982.

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Radical activist, state legislator, and writer, born in Royal Oak, Michigan, USA. One of the best-known student radical leaders of the 1960s, he was a co-founder of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) (1961), president of SDS (1962??3), co-founder of the Economic Research and Action Project (1964), and leader of the Newark Community Union Project (1964??7). Married to actress Jane Fonda, he ran for the US Senate in California (1976), was founder of the Indochina Peace Campaign, founder and chairman of the California Campaign for Economic Democracy (1977), and chairman of the California SolarCal Council (1978??82). He was elected to the California State Assembly (1982) and wrote several books, including The American Future (1980).

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