Investigations of a flame, 2001.

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Investigations of a flame, 2001.

DVD of a film about the Catonsville Nine which explores Sixties protest in the context of the 21st century. The film combines archival footage with informal interviews with Daniel and Philip Berrigan, Howard Zinn, John Hogan, Tom Lewis, and Marjorie and Tom Melville. Also includes copies of publicity materials and clippings about the film.

2 folders.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6943371

Cornell University Library

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Zinn, Howard, 1922-2010

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Howard Zinn (1922-2010) was an award-winning historian, activist, playwright, teacher, public speaker and author of articles, essays and books including the best-selling A People's History of the United States. Praised for his moral courage and passion for social justice, Zinn influenced thousands of students during a teaching career of more than thirty years. Reaching the wider public through his books, plays, articles, lectures and in theatrical and television presentations of his Voices of A ...

Hogan, John D., 1939-....

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Lewis, Tom, 1932-

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Melville, Marjorie, 1929-

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Berrigan, Daniel.

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Daniel Berrigan is a Catholic priest associated with peace and social justice movements throughout his life. A believer in non-violent civil disobedience, he has been arrested and imprisoned numerous times. He is most noted for his leadership of opposition to the Viet Nam war, but his work did not begin or end there. From the description of Daniel Berrigan scrapbook, 1930-1950. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64692915 The brothers Daniel Berrigan (born 1921...

Sachs, Lynne

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On May 17, 1968, nine people (dubbed the Catonsville Nine) went to the Catonsville, Maryland draft board office, grabbed hundreds of selective service records, and burned them with home-made napalm. Members included Daniel and Philip Berrigan, David Darst, John Hogan, Tom Lewis, Marjorie and Tom Melville, George Mische, and Mary Moylan. From the description of Investigations of a flame, 2001. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 182735891 ...

Berrigan, Philip

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Peace activist. From the description of Oral history interview with Philip Berrigan, 1985. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309742671 Philip Berrigan is a political activist who was an outspoken critic of the Vietnam War. Berrigan was born in 1923, became active in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, and entered into acts of civil disobedience to protest war and the production of nuclear weapons. From...

Moylan, Mary Ellen, 1926-....

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Catonsville Nine.

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Melville, Thomas

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