John Jacobs (activist)

John Jacobs
John Jacobs (center) and Terry Robbins (right) at the Days of Rage in Chicago, October 1969
BornSeptember 30, 1947
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedOctober 20, 1997(1997-10-20) (aged 50)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
EducationColumbia University
Known forPolitical activism

John Gregory Jacobs (September 30, 1947 – October 20, 1997)[1] was an American student and anti-war activist in the 1960s and early 1970s. He was a leader in both Students for a Democratic Society and the Weatherman group, and an advocate of the use of violent force to overthrow the government of the United States. A fugitive after 1970, he died in 1997 in Canada.

  1. ^ Gillies, Kevin (November 1, 1998). "The Last Radical". columbia.edu. Vancouver Magazine. Retrieved June 20, 2020.