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- 1 2 Mack, Willie (October 1, 2020). ""Traitors In Our Midst": Race, Corrections, and the 1970 Tombs Uprising". The Gotham Center for New York City History.
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- ↑ Pallas, John; Barber, Bob (1972). "From Riot to Revolution". Issues in Criminology. 7 (2): 1–19. ISSN 0021-2385.
- ↑ Ferretti, Fred (12 October 1971). "CITY TO USE FORCE IN A PRISON RIOT". The New York Times.
- ↑ Carroll, Maurice (20 November 1971). "McGrath Quits Jail Post; Says He Was Not Ousted". The New York Times.
- ↑ Fowler, Glenn (21 January 1988). "George F. McGrath, 70, Is Dead; Ex-Correction Chief in New York". The New York Times.