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Prisons Are for Burning: Negotiations from the Door of the Cell
Prisons Are for Burning: Negotiations from the Door of the Cell
Neal Shirley · On April 16, 1968, a multi-racial group of five hundred prisoners sat down in the yard of the Raleigh, NC Central Prison and began a work strike. The State Corrections Commissioner temporarily placated the men with hollow promises...