Hayden, a Symbol of Youth Took History into Own Hands

Tom Hayden was long past his heyday of political rebellion and the Chicago 7 trial when he died on Sunday at age 76. But in American culture, he remained an enduring symbol of a time when young people took history into their own hands. Hayden reinvented himself many times, moving from the streets in the 1960s to the halls of California government in the 1970s, going from a long-haired protester who stunned many by marrying glamorous actress Jane Fonda to a lawmaker in a suit and...

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