Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy

Title: Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy Author: Heather Ann Thompson ISBN: 9781400078240 Publisher: Vintage Published: 2017 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New American History 1559492 Publisher Description: 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 o