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The whole struggle for Black liberation was so profound
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Betrayal at Attica

The whole struggle for Blackliberation was so profound

The whole struggle for Black
liberation was so profound

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The whole struggle for Black liberation was so profound.
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5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:06:18
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
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documentary
Production
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...
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
And then I came out of Reed and my father died, - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
And then I came out of Reed and my father died,
And my mother certainly didn't want me to run his business. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
And my mother certainly didn't want me to run his busin...
But, in August of 1968, (laughs) - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
But, in August of 1968, (laughs)
Me and a friend named Ken Linden drove to Chicago - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
Me and a friend named Ken Linden drove to Chicago
- [Crowd] Peace now, peace now, peace now, peace now. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- [Crowd] Peace now, peace now, peace now, peace now.
- We walked out of the hotel and walked into Lake Shore Park - Betrayal at Attica 00:12
- We walked out of the hotel and walked into Lake Shore Park
So, to make a long story short, - Betrayal at Attica 00:13
So, to make a long story short,
And I look at the cops and they go, "You ready?" - Betrayal at Attica 00:08
And I look at the cops and they go, "You ready?"
(tear gas explodes) - Betrayal at Attica 00:22
(tear gas explodes)