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![Readings of George Jackson](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 9/14/1971Call Number: PM 089Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: Readings of George JacksonCollection: George Jackson
Recorded snippets and sample readings of the readings of George Jackson (Read by Chris Graham). Views on Vietnam, U.S. Prisons, Love of People, Views of Life, Black Panthers, Extremism, Prison Experience.
*Extreme slow-sound distortion at the end of the tape.
![George Jackson - 41 year commemoration](images/thumbnails//30464.jpg)
August 21st marks the 41st anniversary of the execution of George Lester Jackson. The Chicago- born Jackson would have celebrated his 71st birthday on September 23rd.
Jackson was a prisoner who became an author, a member of the Black Panther Party, and co-founder of the Black Guerrilla Family prison organization. He achieved global fame as one of the Soledad Brothers before being executed by prison guards in San Quentin Prison.
Based on an edited portion of Prisons on Fire by the Freedom Archives (2001) with video editing by Oriana Bolden.
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