A touch of Grace. The reunion / written by David Pollock and Elias Davis. 1973 Feb. 16.

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A touch of Grace. The reunion / written by David Pollock and Elias Davis. 1973 Feb. 16.

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[2], 57 [i.e. 58] leaves ; 28 cm.

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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Pollock, David A. (David Allen)

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Davis, Elias, Jr.

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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 ...