Boundary Stones
Hostage Standoff at the DC Jail: Shirley Chisholm and the 1972 Jail Uprising
4/30/2025 | 4m 55s
In 1972, DC Jail inmates took hostages. Negotiations seemed futile. Then Shirley Chisholm arrived.
On October 11, 1972, a group of inmates in cellblock of the DC Jail in Washington, DC, took several guards hostage, sparking a jail uprising. DC Corrections Director Kenneth Hardy and a Washington Post reporter attempted to negotiate an end to the standoff, as well as future Mayor Marion Barry and DC Delegate Walter Fauntroy. All were unsuccessful. And then Shirley Chisholm arrived.
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Boundary Stones is a local public television program presented by WETA
Boundary Stones
Hostage Standoff at the DC Jail: Shirley Chisholm and the 1972 Jail Uprising
4/30/2025 | 4m 55s
On October 11, 1972, a group of inmates in cellblock of the DC Jail in Washington, DC, took several guards hostage, sparking a jail uprising. DC Corrections Director Kenneth Hardy and a Washington Post reporter attempted to negotiate an end to the standoff, as well as future Mayor Marion Barry and DC Delegate Walter Fauntroy. All were unsuccessful. And then Shirley Chisholm arrived.
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