65 pages • 2 hours read
Heather Ann ThompsonBlood in the Water
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Index of Terms
Attica Brothers Legal Defense
The Attica Brothers Legal Defense (ABLD) was a group of lawyers and activists created in 1973 to help defend the inmates indicted by Simonetti’s original investigation into the Attica uprising.
Black Panther Party
An African-American-oriented socialist and anti-racist party founded by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in 1966. Black Panthers were active within the Attica prison population in the 1970s.
Confirmation Hearings
Hearings held by an independent committee, once a candidate has been nominated by the president for a federal office, to confirm someone’s suitability for the role. With confirmation hearings of Rockefeller for US vice president to Gerald Ford on the horizon, Rockefeller and his supporters likely did not want trooper indictments to affect his chances.
