A Talk with Jared Reinmuth, co-author of the graphic novel Big Black: Stand at Attica Join us as we talk with Jared Reinmuth, who worked with the late Frank “Big Black” Smith to write the 2020 graphic novel memoir Big Black: Stand at Attica, which was nominated for the 2021 Eisner Award (like the Oscars, but for comics!) for Best Reality Based Book. The book recounts the experiences of Smith, a former prisoner at Attica State Prison and a major player during the 1971 Attica Prison Uprising, during which 43 people died – 39 of whom were killed by officers retaking the facility – in what was then the deadliest encounter between Americans since the Civil War. The uprising, which happened 50 years ago this past October, exposed many of the abuses and inequities embedded in the U.S. prison system and has played a significant role in subsequent campaigns for prisoner rights. Reinmuth will be joined by Dan Meyers, a member of the legal team that helped the surviving prisoners win an $8 million civil rights suit against the New York corrections system in 2000, the biggest ever settlement in the history of prisoners’ rights. Presented by the Department of History. Supported by the School of Liberal Arts & Sciences and the Department of Latin American & Caribbean Studies. Co-sponsored by the Departments of Black Studies, English, and the Program in Criminology (Sociology).