Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt

by Orisanmi Burton

Book Overview

A radical reinterpretation of "Attica," the revolutionary 1970s uprising that galvanized abolitionist movements and transformed prisons.

Tip of the Spear boldly and compellingly argues that prisons are a domain of hidden warfare within US borders. With this book, Orisanmi Burton explores what he terms the Long Attica Revolt, a criminalized tradition of Black radicalism that propelled rebellions in New York prisons during the 1970s...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520396324
• ISBN13: 9780520396326
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"