Attica - Tip of the Iceberg
Title
Attica - Tip of the Iceberg
Subject
Prisoner's Rights Movement
Description
This document explores the Attica Prison Uprising and links it to other race rebellions and massacres of the time period, including the war in Vietnam; the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa; police killings of students at Jackson State, Greensboro and Augusta, Georgia; and uprisings in Watts, Newark and Detroit. The artifact also includes a "Letter to the People of America"; a tribute to George Jackson by Angela Davis; "Demands for Albany National Action; a letter from Angela Davis to Ericka Huggins, profiles of three men in Attica during the uprising - Richard Clark, Herbert X. Blyden, and Sam Melville; a reprint of a New York Times article by Tom Wicker, "The Animals at Attica"; and a statement released by prisoners at Attica on 9/20/71.
Creator
The Attica Liberation Faction
Source
Roz Payne
Publisher
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Date
ca. early-1970s
Format
mimeograph
Type
leaflet
Original Format
paper
Collection
Citation
The Attica Liberation Faction, “Attica - Tip of the Iceberg,” Roz Payne Sixties Archive, accessed November 2, 2024, https://rozsixties.unl.edu/items/show/574.