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Poster for events in support of the indicted Attica inmates

December 1973

Attica Correctional Facility, Attica, Wyoming County, New York, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A poster advertising two upcoming events in support of inmates indicted for the Attica prison uprising, a fundraising dinner and a speaking engagement with two of the indicted inmates. The poster is printed in red and black text on an offwhite background. At the top, red text reads [FREE the INDICTED ATTICA INMATES! / Support the Brothers' Demands. / 1. Drop the Charges. / 2. Indict the real criminals. / 3. Implement the 28 demands.] In the center is an image of inmates at the Attica Correctional facility during the riots. It depicts two men, one wearing a cloth over his head and sunglasses, both arms raised in the air with clenched fists. Directly behind him is another man wearing a vee- necked shirt, holding his clenched right fist in the air. There is a clenched fist in the foreground. In the background is a large crowd of men, also with raised clenched fists.

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Catalog reference: 2014.13.2

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