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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. [3]
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.
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....
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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...
Dec 7, 2015 · On August 21, 1971, George Jackson pulled a pistol on his wardens at San Quentin, the notoriously racist maximum-security prison to which he’d recently been relocated.
George Jackson were formally charged with the mur der. The prison authorities accused George because, in their words, "he was the only one who could have done it." With their total power over the inmate population -the power of parole, solitary confinement, the power of life and death-they were certain they could get the
99 Books – 50 Year Anniversary Tribute to George Jackson. George Jackson was assassinated in San Quentin prison on August 21, 1971. The following week, the prison released an inventory of the 99 books in his cell.
George Henry Jackson (March 12, 1945 – April 14, 2013) was an American Blues, Rhythm and blues, Rock and roll/Rock and Soul singer-songwriter. His prominence was as a prolific and skilled songwriter: he wrote or co-wrote many hit songs for other musicians, including "Down Home Blues", " One Bad Apple ", " Old Time Rock and Roll ...
Jun 13, 1971 · George Jackson, now aged 29, has been in prison almost continuously since he was 15. Seven of those years were spent in solitary confinement.
