28 November 2008
"Cabinets" For Bodies "Identified" As "John Doe" From The Riots At Attica, September 1971
Closeup of cabinets for bodies and labels which indentify them as "John Doe".
Location: NY, US
Date taken: September 1971
Photographer: Bill Ray
Size: 1280 x 841 pixels (17.8 x 11.7 inches)
I was pretty young when this happened, but I remember that the Attica Uprising lingered in the collective consciousness for a long time, and was only later forgotten as a tragedy and injustice. More information, here.
LIFE Photo Archive
Labels:
1970s,
Attica,
attica state prison,
crime,
John Shearer,
New York,
News,
Photographers,
photography,
Prisons,
Riots,
Us
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