Letters From Attica
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Author |
: Sam Melville |
Publisher |
: Chicago Review Press |
Total Pages |
: 238 |
Release |
: 2022-01-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781641606981 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1641606983 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis Letters from Attica by : Sam Melville
Now presented with a son's thirty years of research to provide new context. In June 1970, Sam Melville pleaded guilty to a series of politically motivated bombings in New York City and was sentenced to thirteen to eighteen years in jail. His imprisonment took him to Attica, where he helped lead the massive rebellion of September 9, 1971—and where, four days later, he was shot to death by state police. During nearly two years in prison, Melville wrote letters to his friends, his attorneys, his former wife, and his young son. To read them is to eavesdrop on a man's soul. Determinedly honest and deeply moving, they reveal much about Sam and evoke the suffering of prisoners in America. Collected after his death, the letters were originally published with material by Jane Alpert, who was living with Sam when both were arrested on bombing charges, and John Cohen, a close friend who visited Sam in jail. Sam's letters begin with despair but end in hope and defiance. He became a leader of the prisoners' struggle for justice and humane treatment. At Attica he fought against and was a victim of the state's brutality. Those who knew Sam found him a man of extraordinary courage and determination, who rather than accede or submit to injustice and racism chose to fight against them.
Author |
: Heather Ann Thompson |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 754 |
Release |
: 2017-08-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781400078240 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1400078245 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis Blood in the Water by : Heather Ann Thompson
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The definitive history of the infamous 1971 Attica Prison uprising, the state's violent response, and the victim's decades-long quest for justice. • Thompson served as the Historical Consultant on the Academy Award-nominated documentary feature ATTICA “Gripping ... deals with racial conflict, mass incarceration, police brutality and dissembling politicians ... Makes us understand why this one group of prisoners [rebelled], and how many others shared the cost.” —The New York Times On September 9, 1971, nearly 1,300 prisoners took over the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York to protest years of mistreatment. Holding guards and civilian employees hostage, the prisoners negotiated with officials for improved conditions during the four long days and nights that followed. On September 13, the state abruptly sent hundreds of heavily armed troopers and correction officers to retake the prison by force. Their gunfire killed thirty-nine men—hostages as well as prisoners—and severely wounded more than one hundred others. In the ensuing hours, weeks, and months, troopers and officers brutally retaliated against the prisoners. And, ultimately, New York State authorities prosecuted only the prisoners, never once bringing charges against the officials involved in the retaking and its aftermath and neglecting to provide support to the survivors and the families of the men who had been killed. Drawing from more than a decade of extensive research, historian Heather Ann Thompson sheds new light on every aspect of the uprising and its legacy, giving voice to all those who took part in this forty-five-year fight for justice: prisoners, former hostages, families of the victims, lawyers and judges, and state officials and members of law enforcement. Blood in the Water is the searing and indelible account of one of the most important civil rights stories of the last century. (With black-and-white photos throughout)
Author |
: Dan Berger |
Publisher |
: AK Press |
Total Pages |
: 214 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781904859413 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1904859410 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Outlaws of America by : Dan Berger
The fiery true story of America's most famous radical fugitives, urgently and passionately told.
Author |
: Frank "Big Black" Smith |
Publisher |
: Boom! Studios |
Total Pages |
: 180 |
Release |
: 2020-02-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781641446372 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1641446374 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Big Black: Stand at Attica by : Frank "Big Black" Smith
The uprising at Attica Prison remains one of the bloodiest civil rights confrontations in American history... but without Frank “Big Black” Smith it could have been even worse. Now for the first time, the late Frank “Big Black” Smith shares his experience at the center of this uprising, struggling to protect hostages, prisoners and negotiators alike. Before his death, Frank “Big Black” Smith worked with writer and long time friend, Jared Reinmuth, to share the true story of his time in Attica State Prison. Adapted to a graphic novel by Améziane (Dark Horse’s Muhammad Ali), this is an unflinching look at the price of standing up to injustice.
Author |
: Russell G. Oswald |
Publisher |
: Doubleday Books |
Total Pages |
: 440 |
Release |
: 1972 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015046435064 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis Attica--my Story by : Russell G. Oswald
An account of the bloody riots at Attica State Prison, from the perspective of the Committee of the New York State Department of Correctional Services.
Author |
: Marcus Tullius Cicero |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 1066 |
Release |
: 1825 |
ISBN-10 |
: OXFORD:600000664 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis The letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero to Titus Pomponius Atticus, tr. by W. Heberden by : Marcus Tullius Cicero
Author |
: Marcus Tullius Cicero |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 558 |
Release |
: 1825 |
ISBN-10 |
: BL:A0025612404 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero to Titus Pomponius Atticus ... Translated Into English with Notes by William Heberden. [With Maps.] by : Marcus Tullius Cicero
Author |
: Attica Locke |
Publisher |
: Mulholland Books |
Total Pages |
: 304 |
Release |
: 2019-09-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780316363310 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0316363316 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Heaven, My Home by : Attica Locke
In this "captivating" crime novel (People), Texas Ranger Darren Mathews is on the hunt for a missing child -- but it's the boy's family of white supremacists who are his real target. 9-year-old Levi King knew he should have left for home sooner; now he's alone in the darkness of vast Caddo Lake, in a boat whose motor just died. A sudden noise distracts him - and all goes dark. Darren Mathews is trying to emerge from another kind of darkness; after the events of his previous investigation, his marriage is in a precarious state of re-building, and his career and reputation lie in the hands of his mother, who's never exactly had his best interests at heart. Now she holds the key to his freedom, and she's not above a little maternal blackmail to press her advantage. An unlikely possibility of rescue arrives in the form of a case down Highway 59, in a small lakeside town where the local economy thrives on nostalgia for ante-bellum Texas - and some of the era's racial attitudes still thrive as well. Levi's disappearance has links to Darren's last case, and to a wealthy businesswoman, the boy's grandmother, who seems more concerned about the fate of her business than that of her grandson. Darren has to battle centuries-old suspicions and prejudices, as well as threats that have been reignited in the current political climate, as he races to find the boy, and to save himself. A Best Book of the Year New York TimesHouston ChronicleNPRWall Street JournalMilwaukee Journal-SentinelBook PageFinancial TimesKirkusSheReadsSunday TimesLitHubGuardianBook RiotSouth Florida Sun SentinelLonglisted for the Orwell Political Fiction Book Prize
Author |
: Marcus Tullius Cicero |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 716 |
Release |
: 1881 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105048463363 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis Select Letters by : Marcus Tullius Cicero
Author |
: Marcus Tullius Cicero |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 740 |
Release |
: 1891 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105039126656 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cicero; select letters by : Marcus Tullius Cicero