The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Why it Matters Today Dartmouth Speakers: Heather Ann Thompson Cedric J Robinson Collegiate Professor of History and African American Studies Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies Professor in the Residential College and Professor of History University of Michigan Stanley Nelson Documentarian Founder, Firelight Media Host: Matthew J. Garcia … Continue reading The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Why it Matters Today (Dartmouth) and Why Mass Incarceration Matters, Heather Ann Thompson_Dec. 2010, The Journal of American History