Support the Attica Brothers
Artist
Designer Unknown
Date1974
Dimensions11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
ClassificationsPoster
Credit LinePoster House Permanent Collection
Object numberPH.8033
DescriptionFollowing the uprising and subsequent lethal crackdown by authorities at the Attica Correctional Facility in 1971, “Attica Brothers” quickly became shorthand for the multiracial coalition of incarcerated men who had led the prison uprising and who had paid a physical and legal price for their transgressions. “Support the Attica Brothers” was a phrase—almost a mantra— that appeared repeatedly in publications and on a range of commemorative objects in the aftermath of the attack. It served to reaffirm the unity and camaraderie of the prisoners who had briefly taken control of the prison yard and the sympathetic solidarity of many outside observers. This handbill deploys this messaging and calls on people to rally at Niagara Square in Buffalo, New York in support of the Attica Brothers. The fact that this was produced a full three years after the uprising suggests that the issues that had originally sparked it remained significant and problematic. More than 2,000 people reportedly turned up for this event and raised a total of $1,100 for the defense of the Attica prisoners, some of whom had been relocated to the Erie County Jail in downtown Buffalo. On View
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