(PRISON) Printed and manuscript advertisement for an Attica

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(PRISON.) Printed and manuscript advertisement for an Attica Now film screening. Collage, 22 x 28 inches, consisting of: manuscript sign, 11¼ x 28 inches, on 3 scraps of matching yellow paper (worn, with small portions possibly added in later); photocopied flier, 10½ x 8½ inches, tipped to the sign at one corner (short tear, tape stains); and printed poster, 11½ x 27 inches, in red and black, tipped at the top edge to the bottom half of the sign (minor wear, light tape stain, 1-inch repaired tear). Greenburgh and Buffalo, NY, 24 September [1976]

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The 1971 uprising at New York's Attica state prison was the most deadly in American history, and sparked a national prisoner's rights movement. Offered here is an advertisement for a film screening presented by Attica Now, which sought to defend the surviving rioters against additional criminal charges. The event was held at a community center in Greenburgh, NY. The flier describes the two films, "Teach our Children" and "Attica." The sign asks us to "Learn Facts About Prison" and join in a discussion afterwards with the guest speakers. The Attica Now poster juxtaposes a prison-yard scene from the uprising with children in a school yard, with the circular text "Stop Slave Wages; Provide Adequate Food, Water, and Shelter for Everyone; Establish Education to Serve the Needs of the People; Abolish Prisons and Courts Because they Don't Serve the Needs of the People; Provide Adequate Medical Treatment for Everyone."