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American History

spazzmann

(748 posts) Mon Sep 9, 2013, 10:19 AM Sep 2013

Today in Peace and Justice history on September 9, 1971

The Attica (New York) State Penitentiary revolt began. The interracial revolt was led by blacks but featured cooperation between prisoners of different racial and ethnic backgrounds. It was finally brutally suppressed by the state five days later, upon orders from Governor Nelson Rockefeller who refused to become directly involved. http://bit.ly/15LX4gI

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Today in Peace and Justice history on September 9, 1971 (Original Post) spazzmann Sep 2013 OP

And that was such a success that... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2013 #1

discntnt_irny_srcsm

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1. And that was such a success that...

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Mon Sep 9, 2013, 01:22 PM

Sep 2013

...3 years later the Ford administration installed him as VP.
That's just awful.

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