![]() ![]() But when the guards at Attica overreact to a minor incident, the prisoners decide they’ve had enough – and revolt against their jailers, taking them hostage and making demands for humane conditions. ![]() In the summer of 1971, the New York’s Attica State Prison is a symbol of everything broken in America – abused prisoners, rampant racism and a blind eye turned towards the injustices perpetrated on the powerless. THIS IS THE TRUE STORY FROM THE MAN AT THE CENTER OF IT ALL. A graphic novel memoir from Frank “Big Black” Smith, a prisoner at Attica State Prison in 1971, whose rebellion against the injustices of the prison system remains one of the bloodiest civil rights confrontations in American history.įOUR DAYS IN 1971 CHANGED THE COURSE OF AMERICAN HISTORY. ![]()
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