Attica 
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SOURCE: Jacobin
11/6/2021
Stanley George on Putting Viewers in the Middle of the Nation's Bloodiest Prison Rebellion
"It’s like the window has been cracked a little bit, so that people who might never have thought to doubt law enforcement are doubting law enforcement now, and they’re thinking about their cruelty and racism in a way they might not have thought about it five years ago."
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SOURCE: TIME
9/8/2021
50 Years Since Attica, Will America Observe the Human Rights of Prisoners?
by Heather Ann Thompson
"The Attica prison uprising was historic because these men spoke directly to the public, and by doing so, they powerfully underscored to the nation that serving time did not make someone less of a human being."
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SOURCE: NYT
11-19-17
Heather Ann Thompson says what went on at Attica is worse than we thought
by Heather Ann Thompson
Only now are we learning that inmates were used as guinea pigs in an experiment involving the virus that causes leprosy.
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
9-8-17
America must listen to its prisoners before we make a major mistake
by Heather Ann Thompson
We’re in danger of repeating the mistake we made after Attica when we let prison reforms fizzle.
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SOURCE: The Daily Show
1-25-17
Heather Ann Thompson tells the story of the Attica prison uprising on The Daily Show
Trevor Noah says the prison officials hid the truth for decades.
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SOURCE: OAH Process blog
9-20-16
Historians note that prisoners have been treated inhumanely throughout American history
Roundtable discussion with Dan Berger, Alan Eladio Gómez, Garrett Felber, Toussaint Losier, Lydia Pelot-Hobbs, Tony Platt, and Heather Ann Thompson.
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SOURCE: NYT
8-23-16
Heather Ann Thompson pries loose the long-kept secrets of Attica in her new book
Her prize discovery was memos that showed how Nelson Rockefeller hammered out the state’s official version of the tragedy.
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SOURCE: NYT
10-5-14
New York Is Cataloging, and Returning, Bloody Relics of 1971 Attica Assault
One common goal of state archivists, correction officials and relatives of the former guards and inmates is that what happened at Attica should not be forgotten.
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