Inmates at Attica State Prison in Attica, N.Y., raise their hands in clenched fists in a show of unity, Sept. 1971, during the Attica uprising, which took the lives of 43 people. New York authorities have lifted a ban that had stopped state prison inmates from reading a book about the 1971 Attica Correctional Facility uprising following a First Amendment lawsuit brought by its author. (AP Photo, File)
By Maysoon Khan Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York authorities have lifted a ban that had stopped state prison inmates from…