Blood in the water the Attica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy
"Historian Heather Ann Thompson offers the first definitive telling of the Attica prison uprising, the state's violent response, and the victims' decades-long quest for justice--in time for the forty-fifth anniversary of the events"--Provided by publisher.
| Main Author: | Thompson, Heather Ann, 1963- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pantheon Books,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- State secrets
- The tinderbox
- Power and politics unleashed
- The sound before the fury
- Retribution and reprisals unimagined
- Reckonings and reactions
- Inquiries and diversions
- Justice on trial
- Blowing the whistle
- David and Goliath
- A final flight.
- The tinderbox. Frank "Big Black" Smith
- Not So Greener Pastures
- Responding to Resistance
- Voices from Auburn
- Knowledge Is Power
- Playing by the Rules
- Back and Forth
- End of the Line
- Power and politics unleashed. Michael Smith
- Talking Back
- Burning Down the House
- Reeling and Reacting
- Order Out of Chaos
- What's Going On
- Into the Night
- A New Day Dawns
- The sound before the fury. Tom Wicker
- Getting Down to Business
- Dreams and Nightmares
- On the Precipice
- Deciding Disaster
- Retribution and reprisals unimagined. Tony Strollo
- Chomping at the Bit
- Standing Firm
- No Mercy
- Spinning Disaster
- And the Beat Goes On
- Reckonings and reactions. Robert Douglass
- Speaking Up
- Stepping Back
- Funerals and Fallout
- Prodding and Probing
- Which Side Are You On?
- Ducks in a Row
- Inquiries and diversions. Anthony Simonetti
- Digging More Deeply
- Foxes in the Hen House
- Stick and Carrot
- Seeking Help
- Indictments All Around
- Justice on Trial. Ernest Goodman
- Mobilizing and Maneuvering
- A House Divided
- Laying the Groundwork
- Testing the Waters
- Going for Broke
- Evening the Score
- A Long Journey Ahead
- Blowing the Whistle. Malcolm Bell
- Joining the Team
- Protecting the Police
- Smoking Guns
- Going Public
- Investigating the Investigation
- Closing the Book
- David and Goliath. Elizabeth Fink
- It Ain't Over Till It's Over
- Shining the Light on Evil
- Delay Tactics
- The Price of Blood
- Deal with the Devil
- A Final Fight. Deanne Quinn Miller
- Family Fury
- Manipulated and Outmaneuvered
- Biting the Hand
- Getting Heard
- Waiting Game
- A Hollow Victory
- Epilogue: Prisons and Power.