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![Attica: Black Friday](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Three days after the Attica rebellion ended a memorial was held outside the prison walls for the deceased guards and prison employees. Speakers included chaplains from numerous prisons. The next day a much different memorial was held. BUILD (a local black community action organization) held a memorial rally in Buffalo called Black Friday. People were asked to boycott school and work and thousands were in attendance. Reverend Ismael Shaw and Pastor Bob Wilson spoke in praise of the prisoners who gave their lives, Tilmon White read 2 poems, Bill Gater of the Citizen Observer Committee read the list of the prisoner’s demands and the Gale Singers gave a musical performance. Other speakers included Dr. Elise Galotti of Howard University, James Foreman of the Black Worker’s Congress, a sister of of one of the prisoner’s murdered in the rebellion and Minister Franklin Florence of FIGHT.
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