Willowbrook Collection circa 1972-1982

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Willowbrook Collection circa 1972-1982

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Notes, videos and films relating to Geraldo Rivera's 1972 exposé of conditions at Staten Island's Willowbrook State School.

6 linear ft.

eng,

Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 6363017

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Rivera, Geraldo

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In 1972 television reporter and talk show host Geraldo Rivera, then a budding journalist working for WABC-New York's Eyewitness News, conducted a series of investigations at the Willowbrook State School for the Mentally Retarded, on Staten Island. His work resulted in a televised documentary entitled "Willowbrook: The Last Great Disgrace" which exposed the deplorable conditions and the rampant abuse and neglect of the residents. The report won a Peabody Award and led to changes in state law and ...

Willowbrook State School

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