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1971

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Oppression
Nixon declares the War on Drugs

A campaign later admitted by aides to have targeted Black communities and the antiwar left.

Resistance
The Attica prison uprising

Prisoners seize Attica demanding humane conditions; the state retakes it with deadly force.

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Key events

  1. June 17, 1971
    Nixon declares the War on Drugs

    A campaign later admitted by aides to have targeted Black communities and the antiwar left.

  2. September 9, 1971
    The Attica prison uprising

    Prisoners seize Attica demanding humane conditions; the state retakes it with deadly force.

  3. April 20, 1971
    Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg

    The Supreme Court upholds busing to desegregate schools.

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