Hit & Stay documentary now available at the UMBC library!

Tue, 10 Feb 2015 18:16:11 -0500

A documentary by UMBC alumnus Joe Tropea and Skizz Cyzyk.

On May 17, 1968, nine Catholic activists entered a Selective Service office in suburban Catonsville, Maryland, dragged stacks of draft records outside, and set them on fire with homemade napalm. They then prayed and waited to be arrested. Between 1967-1972, there were hundreds of civil disobedience actions against U.S. draft boards and the Dow Chemical Co., resulting in the destruction of hundreds of thousands of 1-A draft files and the orderly process of the U.S. government's ability to wage war in Vietnam. Hit & Stay is the story of the action community and the raids they staged that turned priests, nuns, and college students into fugitives and targets of the FBI.

Call Number: UMDVD 8958