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![David Hilliard on George Jackson and the history of the modern-day prison movement](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 3/22/2001Call Number: PM 173Format: DATProducers: Claude Marks, Lincoln BergmanCollection: George Jackson
Claude Marks and Lincoln Bergman interview David Hilliard on George Jackson and the history of the modern-day prison movement for Prisons on Fire
![Chokwe Lumumba speaks about Pontiac Brothers](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
In January, 1981, Chokwe Lumumba speaks to a gathering of people at the Moncada Library. The primary topic of his speech is the Pontiac Brothers (30 prisoners) and the rebellion that occurred on July 2, 1978 in the Pontiac Prison in Pontiac, Illinois. Lumumba give an overview of the event by talking about the 1,000 (+) prisoners who rebelled against the inhumane, filthy, brutal, and overcrowded conditions and the ramifications of the rebellion. The Pontiac Rebellion is often compared to the more widely known Attica Rebellion in the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York, which occurred in 1971.
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