Letters From Attica
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Letters From Attica
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Author : Sam Melville
language : en
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Release Date : 2022-01-18
Letters From Attica written by Sam Melville and has been published by Chicago Review Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Now presented with a son's thirty years of research to provide new context. In June 1970, Sam Melville pleaded guilty to a series of politically motivated bombings in New York City and was sentenced to thirteen to eighteen years in jail. His imprisonment took him to Attica, where he helped lead the massive rebellion of September 9, 1971—and where, four days later, he was shot to death by state police. During nearly two years in prison, Melville wrote letters to his friends, his attorneys, his former wife, and his young son. To read them is to eavesdrop on a man's soul. Determinedly honest and deeply moving, they reveal much about Sam and evoke the suffering of prisoners in America. Collected after his death, the letters were originally published with material by Jane Alpert, who was living with Sam when both were arrested on bombing charges, and John Cohen, a close friend who visited Sam in jail. Sam's letters begin with despair but end in hope and defiance. He became a leader of the prisoners' struggle for justice and humane treatment. At Attica he fought against and was a victim of the state's brutality. Those who knew Sam found him a man of extraordinary courage and determination, who rather than accede or submit to injustice and racism chose to fight against them.
Letters From Attica
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Author : Sam Melville
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
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Outlaws Of America
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Author : Dan Berger
language : en
Publisher: AK Press
Release Date : 2006
Outlaws Of America written by Dan Berger and has been published by AK Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Political Science categories.
The fiery true story of America's most famous radical fugitives, urgently and passionately told.
American Time Bomb
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Author : Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
language : en
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Release Date : 2021-09-07
American Time Bomb written by Chicago Review Press, Incorporated and has been published by Chicago Review Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"American Time Bomb is a vital read for this moment. " —Heather Ann Thompson, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy Few stories are more central to understanding our history of racially biased incarceration and violent social activism than the life of Sam Melville. Melville was both reviled and admired as one of the most feared radicals in post–World War II history. His importance in the 1960s is widely recognized by historians and scholars as epitomizing the controversies, the promise, and the problems of the New Left. This memoir by Melville's son opens a window into the personal life of a legend, revealing the universal and all-too-human foibles motivating those driven to make change through violence. In the current political climate, at the fiftieth anniversary of the Attica Uprising, this nation grows increasingly interested in the racially biased incarceration and violent social activism that has shaped our nation. There are few stories more central to both subjects than the life of Sam Melville, who was often called "the Mad Bomber." American Time Bomb is a son's personal portrait based on years of investigation of Melville's story and the history he helped to create. Joshua Melville's personal connection to the story gives a gut-wrenching multigenerational tale of childhood abandonment but also adds a compelling historical study of politics, history, and issues of social justice.
Blood In The Water
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Author : Heather Ann Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2016-08-23
Blood In The Water written by Heather Ann Thompson and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-23 with History categories.
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • The definitive history of the infamous 1971 Attica Prison uprising, the state's violent response, and the victim's decades-long quest for justice. “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 of mistreatment. Holding guards and civilian employees hostage, the prisoners negotiated with officials for improved conditions during the four long days and nights that followed. On September 13, the state abruptly sent hundreds of heavily armed troopers and correction officers to retake the prison by force. Their gunfire killed thirty-nine men—hostages as well as prisoners—and severely wounded more than one hundred others. In the ensuing hours, weeks, and months, troopers and officers brutally retaliated against the prisoners. And, ultimately, New York State authorities prosecuted only the prisoners, never once bringing charges against the officials involved in the retaking and its aftermath and neglecting to provide support to the survivors and the families of the men who had been killed. Drawing from more than a decade of extensive research, historian Heather Ann Thompson sheds new light on every aspect of the uprising and its legacy, giving voice to all those who took part in this forty-five-year fight for justice: prisoners, former hostages, families of the victims, lawyers and judges, and state officials and members of law enforcement. Blood in the Water is the searing and indelible account of one of the most important civil rights stories of the last century. (With black-and-white photos throughout)
Six Letters From Greece
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Author : Christopher Wordsworth
language : en
Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
Release Date : 2009
Six Letters From Greece written by Christopher Wordsworth and has been published by Archaeopress Archaeology this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Greece categories.
Six previously unpublished letters from the archives of the British Library, London, by the young scholar Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885), nephew of William, detailing his travels around newly-independent Greece in 1832/3. With an introduction and notes by Charles Plouviez, these letters back to England (four to his father, Christopher, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, one to Mrs Louisa Gurney Hoare, wife of the banker, and one to his cousin Dora at Rydal Mount, Cumbria) paint a series of vivid picture of life, travel, and social conditions in a free Greece; they are also important documents for researchers and those interested in Christopher Wordsworth's two celebrated monographs which resulted from this tour: Athens and Attica (1836) and Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive, & Historical (1839).
Familiar Letters From Europe
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Author : Cornelius Conway Felton (Letters about Switerland)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1865
Familiar Letters From Europe written by Cornelius Conway Felton (Letters about Switerland) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1865 with categories.
The Letters Of Marcus Tullius Cicero To Titus Pomponius Atticus Tr By W Heberden
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Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1825
The Letters Of Marcus Tullius Cicero To Titus Pomponius Atticus Tr By W Heberden written by Marcus Tullius Cicero and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1825 with categories.
The Letters Of Marcus Tullius Cicero To Titus Pomponius Atticus Translated Into English With Notes By William Heberden With Maps
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Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1825
The Letters Of Marcus Tullius Cicero To Titus Pomponius Atticus Translated Into English With Notes By William Heberden With Maps written by Marcus Tullius Cicero and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1825 with categories.
Big Black Stand At Attica
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Author : Frank "Big Black" Smith
language : en
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Release Date : 2020-02-26
Big Black Stand At Attica written by Frank "Big Black" Smith and has been published by Boom! Studios this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-26 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
The uprising at Attica Prison remains one of the bloodiest civil rights confrontations in American history... but without Frank “Big Black” Smith it could have been even worse. Now for the first time, the late Frank “Big Black” Smith shares his experience at the center of this uprising, struggling to protect hostages, prisoners and negotiators alike. Before his death, Frank “Big Black” Smith worked with writer and long time friend, Jared Reinmuth, to share the true story of his time in Attica State Prison. Adapted to a graphic novel by Améziane (Dark Horse’s Muhammad Ali), this is an unflinching look at the price of standing up to injustice.