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Jun 11, 2018 · George Jackson 1941 – 1971. Author, political activist. Enjoyed Rural Childhood Summers. Guilty Plea Ended Free Life. Gained Fame as “ Soledad Brother ” Selected writings. Sources. 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 ...
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.
George Lester Jackson was an author, abolitionist, marxist, activist, and political prisoner born in Chicago, IL (September 23, 1941 – August 21, 1971). Essays, Books, Writings, Interviews. Remembering the Dragon (1971) George Jackson: Black Revolutionary by Walter Rodney (1971)
Sep 3, 1971 · Within two hours Jackson and five other men — three guards and two inmates—had been killed and the forces of a deeply felt national controversy had begun to gather. The prison authorities say ...
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 16, 2021 · Remembering George Jackson, revolutionary author and activist. To celebrate Black August, TRNN Executive Producer and former Black Panther Eddie Conway talks with Claude Marks about the...
On October 15, 1970, George Jackson made one of his most lasting contributions to the struggle for freedom with the publication of Soledad Brother. He put this book together out of a series of letters he wrote from prison.
