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My mother was into the race issue, always
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Betrayal at Attica

My mother was into therace issue, always

My mother was into the
race issue, always

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My mother was into the race issue, always.
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5 seconds
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00:05:21
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
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documentary
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Fifth Column Films,HBO,HBO Documentary Films

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On September 13, 1971 the State of New York shot and killed 39 of its own citizens, injured hundreds more, and tortured the survivors. The plan to retake D Yard led to one of the bloodiest days in American history, and set the sta...
And we used to go into a restaurant - Betrayal at Attica 00:08
And we used to go into a restaurant
And about 10 minutes before the food would come, - Betrayal at Attica 00:08
And about 10 minutes before the food would come,
Say, "Oh, do you serve Negroes here?" - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
Say, "Oh, do you serve Negroes here?"
We don't let no niggers in here." - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
We don't let no niggers in here."
(Elizabeth laughs) - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
(Elizabeth laughs)
But I always, on another level, - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
But I always, on another level,
She taught me how to fight, politically. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
She taught me how to fight, politically.
She was the most enlightened person of her age I ever met. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
She was the most enlightened person of her age I ever met.
The whole struggle for Black liberation was so profound. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
The whole struggle for Black liberation was so profound.
Those pictures, I mean, you see them, - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
Those pictures, I mean, you see them,
The thing about Emmett Till was people for the first time - Betrayal at Attica 00:08
The thing about Emmett Till was people for the first time
And then, when you put it together with Nazism, - Betrayal at Attica 00:25
And then, when you put it together with Nazism,
That it was my responsibility as a white person, - Betrayal at Attica 00:10
That it was my responsibility as a white person,
And that people had to get together - Betrayal at Attica 00:08
And that people had to get together
I was taught that it's everybody's obligation - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
I was taught that it's everybody's obligation
- I think it's better to be aggressive at this point. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- I think it's better to be aggressive at this point.
It seems to me that it is both historically - Betrayal at Attica 00:14
It seems to me that it is both historically
- When I went to Reed College, I joined SDS, - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- When I went to Reed College, I joined SDS,
And I became a member of the Community Senate. - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
And I became a member of the Community Senate.
And then I became Student Body President - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
And then I became Student Body President