Black August Resistance
Black August originated in the California penal system as a response to state repression and murder inside of California’s “correctional” facilities.The historical and ideological foundations of Black August were formulated following the assassination of George Jackson in 1971.
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![Black August Revisited](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 8/27/1994Call Number: KP 194Format: DATProducers: Kiilu NyashaCollection: Black August Resistance
Interview by Kiilu Nyasha in 1994 with Alice Yerish, a journalist who wrote prolifically on political prisoners and the need for institutional prison reform in California State prison's throughout the 1970's. Primarily talks about her interaction with George Jackson, with whom Yerish maintained extensive contact in the months leading up to his assassination. Also addresses contemporary political prisoners such as Ruchell McGee.
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