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NAME: Abbie Hoffman
OCCUPATION: Civil Rights Activist, Environmental Activist, Anti-War Activist, Journalist
BIRTH DATE: November 30, 1936
DEATH DATE: April 12, 1989
EDUCATION: Brandeis University, University of California, Berkeley
PLACE OF BIRTH: Worcester, Massachusetts
PLACE OF DEATH: New Hope, Pennsylvania
Full Name: Abbott Howard Hoffman

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Abbie Hoffman, American political activist and founder of the Youth International Party (Yippies), was known for his successful media events.

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American political activist Abbie Hoffman was born Nov. 30, 1936, in Worcester, Mass. He was active in the American civil rights movement before turning to protests of the Vietnam War and the American economic and political system. Hoffman's ethic was codified with the formal organization of the Yippies in January 1968. After he was arrested in 1973 on cocaine charges, Hoffman went underground.

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