The Attica Prison Uprising and Its Legacy
The Attica Prison Uprising and Its Legacy
A two-day visit by Stanley Nelson and Heather Thompson. Information shared by Matt Garcia of Dartmouth College: On September 13, 1971, New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller (’30) ordered armed prison guards, and state and local police to fire upon unarmed prisoners at the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New […]