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Blood in the Water

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

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Essay Topics

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Can the marginalized ever get justice in an unjust society? Discuss in connection with the prisoner victims of Attica.

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To what extent did the “war on crime” initiated by Lyndon B. Johnson create the conditions that led to the Attica uprising?

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How far was a deal with inmates, and hence an avoidance of a violent retaking, ever possible?

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