New Jack City
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George Lester Jackson (September 23, 1941 – August 21, 1971) was an American author, activist and convicted felon. While serving an indeterminate sentence for stealing $70 from a gas station in 1961, Jackson became involved in revolutionary activity and co-founded the prison gang Black Guerrilla Family .
Aug 21, 2018 · George Jackson, referencing South American revolutionary who fought for Cuba, Che Guevara, describes how a Black prisoner can engage in an alchemy that turns a slave into a dragon.
Oct 4, 2010 · Author George Jackson is best known for his memoir Soledad Brother, containing the letters that he wrote from prison between 1964 and 1970. George Lester Jackson was born on September 23, 1941, on the west side of Chicago, Illinois.
Mar 27, 2017 · In 1971, activist George Jackson was mysteriously killed in San Quentin prison — a tragedy repeated time and again. by Dan Berger, Salon. A young black man gunned down by law enforcement. His body is then left outside for four hours.
Interviewed three weeks before his death [on August 21, 1971], George Jackson discusses prison conditions, the role of Black women in Black liberation, and his personal and political ideology....
Jun 11, 2018 · Was George Jackson a political martyr and revolutionary hero, or merely an arrogant criminal caught up in the radical mood of his time? Either way, there is no doubt that Jackson was an eloquent spokesman for the American underclass.
Sep 3, 1971 · SAN QUENTIN, Calif., Sept. 2—At 1:15 on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 21, George Jackson, 29 years old, the convict and author of “Soledad Brother,” put his prison denims back on after a thorough...
