Freedom Campaign For U.s. Political Prisoners

THE ATTICA REBELLION AND U.S. PRISONS 20 YEARS AFTER ATTICA

Frank "Big Black" SMITH Elected to represent the prisoners of his cell block during the 1971 Attica rebellion, he was singled out for brutal reprisals. Having survived torture, false criminal charges and imprisonment, after 20 years he will soon get his day in court in a civil suit.

Zoltan FERENCY Activist, lawyer and professor, he won lawsuits against inhuman conditions in Michigan prisons, then saw the prisoncrats defy the law.

Ronald WALKER A lawyer representing prisoners with AIDS, as the epidemie sweeps through the prison system.

Ahmad Abdur-RAHMAN The imam of Muslim prisoners at Lakeland Men's Facility in Coldwater, he is a former Black Panther who has served over 20 years of a life sentence imposed under a law that has since been repealed -- for a murder that he did not commit. He will speak from prison via a special telephone hookup.

Susan FAIR An ex-con and jailhouse lawyer who successfully sued the state for sex discrimination in prison educational opportunities, she now works for prison reform and alternatives for imprisonment.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 7-10 P.M. Guild House 802 Monroe St. Ann Arbor

Partial list of sponsors: Freedom Campaign for U.S. Political Prisoners, Latin American Solidarity Committee, National Lawyers Guild, Puerto Rican Solidarity Organization, American Friends Service Committee