Thomas Emmet Hayden December 11 1939 October 23 2016 was an American social and political activist author and politician Hayden was best known for his role as an antiwar civil rights and intellectual activist in the 1960s becoming an influential figure in the rise of the New Left As a leader of the leftist organization Students for a Democratic Society he authored the Port Huron Statement helped lead protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention and stood trial in the resulting Chicago Seven case In later years he ran for political office numerous times winning seats in both the California State Assembly and California State Senate At the end of his life he was the director of the Peace and Justice Resource Center in Los Angeles County He was married to Jane Fonda for 17 years and is the father of actor Troy Garity Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Hayden licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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