George Jackson
George Jackson was arrested in 1957 for stealing $70 from a gas station and was sentenced to 1 year to life. Jackson ended up being incarcerated for 14 years until he was murdered by prison guards inside San Quentin Prison in 1971. During his 14 years of imprisonment, Jackson became of the seminal figures and thinkers of Black Power and the Black Liberation Movement.
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![Respects to Comrade George Jackson from a 71 San Quentin Prison Rebel](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Peoples TribuneDate: 9/1991Volume Number: SeptemberFormat: ArticleCollection: George Jackson
The following excerpted article commemorates the 20th anniversary of George Jacksons assasination at California's San Quentin Prison Aug. 21, 1971.
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