Biography
Harris Wofford was jailed overnight in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic Convention, according to his account in the Statesman.
The March 21, 1969 Statesman interview with SUNY Old Westbury president Dr. Harris Wofford says he spent a night in jail in Chicago during the Democratic Convention the previous summer. He discussed his own civil-disobedience practice and concern about violence. The retrospective report supplies no statutory charge, exact arrest or release day, judicial sentence or precisely measured total. Source: https://dspace.sunyconnect.suny.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/dc74db94-f59c-4d1f-9a02-0b0b4d63b7dc/content#page=4
Wofford’s March 1969 Statesman interview identifies a night in jail in Chicago during the August 1968 Democratic National Convention. This places his jail stay in August at month precision, without identifying the day, arrest circumstances, release date or measured duration.
