Black People : RACE, CRIME, AND INCARCERATION IN THE UNITED STATES

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ATTICA PRISON RIOT (1971)​

Attica Prison Riot (1971) •

The Attica prison riot took place at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York on September 13, 1971. This conflict would leave twenty one inmates and nine guards dead. It was the bloodiest prison conflict since the Civil War. There were numerous causes of the riot. Tensions … Read...

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GEORGE JACKSON (1941-1971)​

George Jackson (1941-1971) •

Author George Jackson is best known for his memoir Soledad Brother, containing the letters that he wrote from prison between 1964 and 1970. George Lester Jackson was born on September 23, 1941, on the west side of Chicago, Illinois. The second of five children, Jackson’s … Read MoreGeorge...

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THE PRISON ABOLITION MOVEMENT (1985- )​

The Prison Abolition Movement (1985- ) •

The Prison Abolition Movement is a social campaign to eliminate prisons. The movement began in the 1980s following the War on Drugs whose consequence was to increase the U.S. prison population from 500,000 in 1980 to 1.3 million in 1990 and 2 million in 2000. The leaders of this movement felt …...

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