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The August Rebellion is a forgotten revolt by women at a maximum-security prison in New York 1974. — THE FREE LANCEDollree Mapp, Sid Reed lead women at New York's maximum-security Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in revolt after fellow prisoner Carol Crooks is beaten and taken by a "beat-up squad" of male guards to solitary confinement. The women seize control of parts of the prison and allegedly ta

A brief history of Black AugustFor the past four-and-a-half decades, the self-defining, uncompromising efforts of a few freedom fighters from the Black Liberation struggle have been recognized each August by the many who acknowledge those deeds.

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