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Book review | Author uncovers simmering issues that led to Attica prison uprising

Not all works of history have something to say directly to the present, but Heather Ann Thompson’s ‘‘Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy’’ reads as if it were special-ordered for the sweltering summer of 2016. The book deals with racial conflict, mass incarceration, police brutality and dissembling politicians.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LIFE_ENTERTAINMENT","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LIFE_ENTERTAINMENT"};

 

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