Check to the Mayor’s Youth Office

Title

Check to the Mayor’s Youth Office

Subject

Counterculture - Yippies

Description

This is a satirical check that Abbie Hoffman made out for $1M to the Mayor of Burlington, Bernie Sanders. Hoffman and Sanders were both good friends of Roz Payne and this is the sort of hijinx, or prank, Hoffman and the Yippies were known for.

Creator

Abbie Hoffman

Source

Roz Payne

Publisher

Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Date

April 1, 1982

Format

check

Citation

Abbie Hoffman, “Check to the Mayor’s Youth Office,” Roz Payne Sixties Archive, accessed March 28, 2024, https://rozsixties.unl.edu/items/show/482.

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