The Attica Prison uprising, also known as the Attica Prison rebellion or Attica Prison riot, happened at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York, United States, in 1971.
It was a form of protest for demands of better living conditions and political rights. The uprising was one of the best-known and most significant flashpoints of the Prisoners' Rights Movement.
On September 9, 1971, two weeks after the killing of George Jackson at San Quentin State Prison, 1,281 of the Attica prison's about 2,200 inmates rioted and took control of the prison, taking 42 staff hostage.
During the following four days of negotiations, authorities agreed to most of the prisoners' 28 demands, but would not agree to demands for complete amnesty from criminal prosecution for the prison takeover.
By the order of Governor Nelson Rockefeller, state police took back control of the prison. When the uprising was over, at least 43 people were dead, including ten correctional officers and civilian employees, and 33 inmates.
Bar Harbor, Maine
Bar Harbor is a town on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population is 5,235.
Attica (town), New York
Attica is a town in Wyoming County, New York. The population was 7,702 as of 2010. The town is named after a region in Greece.
The Town of Attica is on the north boundary of the county and contains part of a village also named Attica.
Warsaw (village), New York
Warsaw is a village in Wyoming County, New York. It is the county seat of Wyoming County and lies inside the Town of Warsaw. The village of Warsaw is near the center of the town in a valley. The population was 3,473 at the 2010 census.
Warsaw, New York
Warsaw is a town in Wyoming County, in the U.S. state of New York. The population was 5,064 at the 2010 census. The town may have been named after Warsaw, Poland.
Attica (village), New York
Attica is a village in Wyoming County and Genesee County, New York. The population was 2,547 at the 2010 census.
Batavia, New York
Batavia is a city in and the county seat of Genesee County, New York, United States. It is near the center of the county, surrounded by the Town of Batavia. Its population as of the 2010 census was 15,465. The name "Batavia" is Latin for the Betuwe region of the Netherlands, and honors early Dutch land developers.
Batavia (town), New York
Batavia is a town in Genesee County, New York, United States. The population was 6,809 at the 2010 census.
Alexander, New York
Alexander is a town in Genesee County, New York, United States. The population was 2,534 at the 2010 census. The town is named after Alexander Rea, an early settler. It includes a village also named Alexander.
Alexander (village), New York
Alexander is a village in Genesee County, New York, United States. The population was 509 at the 2010 census. The village is named after early settler, Alexander Rea.
John Cazale
John Holland Cazale (, ) (August 12, 1935 – March 13, 1978) was an American actor. He appeared in five movies over six years, all of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: "The Godfather" (1972), "The Conversation" (1974), "The Godfather Part II" (1974), "Dog Day Afternoon" (1975), and "The Deer Hunter" (1978)
The Conversation
The Conversation is a 1974 American mystery thriller movie. It was written, produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Gene Hackman with supporting roles by John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest, Harrison Ford, Teri Garr and Robert Duvall.
It was nominated for three Academy Awards in 1974 and lost Best Picture to "The Godfather Part II", another Francis Ford Coppola movie.
In 1995, it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
National Film Registry
The National Film Registry (NFR) is the United States National Film Preservation Board's (NFPB) selection of movies that are believed in need to be preserved because they are very good. The NFPB, created by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, was reauthorized by acts of Congress in 1992, 1996, 2005, and again in October 2008. The mission is to keep the American cinema heritage alive and safe.
Joseph Papp
Joseph Papp (born Joseph Papirofsky; June 22, 1921 – October 31, 1991) was an American theatrical producer and director. He created The Public Theater in what had been the Astor Library Building in lower Manhattan.
He produced David Rabe, Ntozake Shange's "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf", Charles Gordone's "No Place to Be Somebody", and Michael Bennett's Pulitzer Prize–winning musical, "A Chorus Line".
Papp also founded Shakespeare in the Park, helped to develop other off-Broadway theatres and worked to preserve the historic Broadway Theatre District. He was born in New York City.
Papp died on October 31, 1991 in New York City from prostate cancer, aged 70.
Ted Lerner
Theodore N. Lerner (born October 15, 1925) is an American real estate developer. He was the managing principal owner of the Washington Nationals baseball team.
He is the founder of the real estate company Lerner Enterprises, the largest private landowner in the Washington metropolitan area as well as Chelsea Piers in New York City.
In 2015, "Forbes" magazine named him the richest person in Maryland.
Frank Barnaby
Frank Charles Barnaby (27 September 1927 – 1 August 2020) was an English nuclear physicist. He worked at the Nuclear Issues Consultant to the Oxford Research Group.
Barnaby was Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) from 1971 to 1981. In 1981, Barnaby became a founding member of the World Cultural Council.
Bob Calhoun
Robert Lathan Calhoun (July 22, 1937 – August 6, 2020) was an American attorney and politician. He was a Republican member of the Alexandria City Council and the Senate of Virginia between 1988 and 1996. He was born in Oak Park, Illinois.
Calhoun died of prostate cancer on August 6, 2020, in Berryville, Virginia, at age 83.
Steve Grossman
Steven Mark Grossman (January 18, 1951August 13, 2020) was an American jazz fusion and hard bop saxophonist.
Grossman was Wayne Shorter's replacement in Miles Davis' jazz-fusion band. Then, from 1971 to 1973, he was in Elvin Jones' band.
Grossman died on August 13, 2020 in Glen Cove, New York from cardiac arrest, aged 69.
Elvin Jones
Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era.
From 1960 to 1966, he was a member of the John Coltrane quartet. His brothers Hank Jones and Thad Jones were also jazz musicians with whom he recorded. He was added into the "Modern Drummer" Hall of Fame in 1995.
Angela Buxton
Angela Buxton (16 August 1934 – 15 August 2020) was a British tennis player. She won the women's doubles title at both the French Championships and Wimbledon in 1956 with her playing partner, Althea Gibson. She was born in Liverpool.
Buxton wrote the tennis books "Tackle Tennis This Way", "Starting Tennis", and "Winning Tennis and Doubles Tactics".
Buxton died on 15 August 2020 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at the age of 85.
Kenneth Kunen
Herbert Kenneth Kunen (August 2, 1943August 14, 2020) was an American professor of mathematics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
He worked in set theory. He also worked on non-associative algebraic systems, such as loops, and used computer software, such as the Otter theorem prover, to derive theorems in these areas.
Bill Bowman (American politician)
Bill Bowman (May 26, 1946 – August 15, 2020) was an American politician and businessman. He was a member of the North Dakota State Senate from 1990 until 2018. Bowman was born in Baker, Montana. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Bowman died on August 15, 2020 in Bowman, North Dakota at the age of 74.
Bowman, North Dakota