On September 8 at 6:30 p.m., the Schomberg Center will present Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy by award-winning historian Heather Ann Thompson of University of
Michigan.
The book sheds new light on one of the most important civil rights
stories of the last century--the 1971 Attica Correctional Facility
uprising in upstate New York.
The publication explores every aspect of the
uprising and its legacy from the perspectives of all of those involved
in this 45-year fight for justice--the prisoners, the state officials,
the lawyers, the state troopers and corrections officers, and the
families of the slain men.
Thompson has written on the history of mass
incarceration--as well as its current impact--for a number of
publications.
Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Professor of History, Race
and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and Suzanne Young Murray,
Professor at the Radcliffe
Institute for Advanced Study, will join her in conversation. A book
signing will follow.
Source: The Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture
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