Folge 50: The Story of the Camden 28 – What Makes for a Successful Political Trial?

The history of political trials in the United States has garnered some attention recently, not the least because of the Netflix production about the trial of the Chicago 7 that came out last fall. Less known than the events that unfolded after the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago but no less interesting was the trial of 28 anti-Vietnam War activists in Camden, New Jersey, five years later. In this episode, Anja Schüler talks to Michelle Nickerson about her ongoing study of the Camden 28. Michelle Nickerson is a historian of women and gender, U.S. politics, social movements, cities and suburbs, and American religion at Loyola University. For the past semester, she has been a Fulbright professor at the HCA.