Uncovering the History of the Camden 28

Thursday, September 18
12:45–1:45 PM
Law School Lounge

This presentation by a historian and a documentary filmmaker offers a surprising new look at the 28 Catholic radicals who raided a draft board in 1971—and got away with it! The FBI arrested twenty-eight people in connection to a break-in at a Camden, New Jersey, draft board in 1971. The trial that followed surprised everyone, and in the process shook the foundations of American law, politics, and religion. 

Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP by September 12 to Sharon Smith (email: sas548@ camden.rutgers.edu).

Featured Speakers

Professor Michelle Nickerson, historian at Loyola University Chicago, whose most recent book is titled Spiritual Criminals: How the Camden 28 Put the Vietnam War on Trial 

Anthony Giacchino, an Oscar- and Emmy-winning filmmaker living in Brooklyn, NY who wrote, directed, and produced The Camden 28 documentary film in 2007. 

Sponsors: Rutgers–Camden History Department, Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH), and Office of Nyeema Watson, Vice Chancellor for Strategy, Diversity, and Civic Engagement