Attica
On September 9, 1971, 1200 prisoners at Attica State Prison in upstate New York seized control of the prison demanding better living, working and educational conditions. The rebellion lasted for four days until the New York State Police stormed the prison killing 29 prisoners and 10 hostages.
Documents
10 Documents Found
![ATTICA: "We are men. We are not beasts and will not be driven as such"](images/thumbnails//29186.jpg)
Publisher: Pontiac Prisoners Support CoalitionCollection: Attica
![Attica: Two Decades of Prison Resistance](images/thumbnails//29182.jpg)
Publisher: Black Cat Collective, Nightcrawler ABC; Paterson anarchist CollectiveYear: 1993Format: TranscriptCollection: Attica
Reproduction of transcript from speech given at Seton hall Law School, NJ
![Battle Acts](images/thumbnails//29180.jpg)
Publisher: Women of Youth Against War & FascismDate: 10/1971Volume Number: OctoberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Attica
![Long Haul](images/thumbnails//29179.jpg)
Reproduction of articles in packet from the Black Panther, Borrowed Times, Los Angeles Free Press, San Diego Door
![Attica: Then and Now](images/thumbnails//29173.jpg)
Monograph focusing on the Attica Prison Rebellion, its causes, the aftermath and the campaign to free Dacajeweiah. Contents include: Introduction; Prisons: Who Goes and Why?; The Movement Grows; The Uprising; The Prosecution; Who is Dacajeweiah; What is Being Done; Epilogue.
10 Documents Found