September 1971
Prison conditions / state violenceBook sources
Attica uprising and retaking
New York; incarcerated people, disproportionately Black and Latino
Prisoners protested abusive conditions and racial inequality. The armed retaking killed prisoners and hostages, followed by contested official accounts and a long struggle over accountability.
Dates preserve the source’s precision. This entry is part of a selected historical record; its qualifications and sources are retained below.
Context / qualification
The recording’s hostage-death figure requires correction against the official inquiry; no total is adopted here.
Sources
- Howard Zinn, The Twentieth Century: A People’s History, H04 at 00:10:53 (approximate; supplied recording)
- Howard Zinn, The Twentieth Century: A People’s History, H04 at 00:13:40 (approximate; supplied recording)
- Howard Zinn, The Twentieth Century: A People’s History, H04 at 00:14:31 (approximate; supplied recording)