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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![George Jackson Funeral - Field Marshall of the Black Panther Party (Tape 1 of 2)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
As casket is being carried in, Nina Simone music is played repeatedly. Sermon by Father Earl Neil, poem by Masai Hewitt, Minister of Education, Chairman of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, Bobby Seale reading messages from around the world to Georgia Jackson and family,
Honorary Pallbearers: Jonathan Jackson, Hugo Pinell, Ruchel Magee, Fleeta Drumgo, John Cluchette and all revolutionary brothers in the prison camps in America.
From camera rolls - occasional sync tones.
![George Jackson Funeral - Field Marshall of the Black Panther Party (Tape 2 of 2)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Second part of funeral. Bobby Seale continues reading statements sent from all over the world. Elaine Brown sings (off mic), Huey P. Newton, Minister of Defense & Servant of the People, statement, Elaine Brown sings (off mic).
From camera rolls - occasional sync tones.
![Black Panther Garage Class Recordings](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Camera Roll 17: Bobby Seale talking to kids in a garage class about George Jackson. Black Panther Party kids singing about George Jackson and other Black Panther Party songs.
![Black Panther Party Political Education on George Jackson](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Bobby Seale preparing to teach in a garage to Panther kids, asking them what they know about George Jackson, where and how long he was incarcerated. Not much material.
![Garage school with Black Panther Party kids](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Black Panther Party kids talking about George Jackson. Kids say that they like Bobby Seale and his classes, learning how to read and write and about George Jackson. Class with a Black Panther Party sister asking kids about political prisoners. Kids talk about separation of political prisoners, especially Black Panther Party members from the rest of the prison population. Difficulty of visiting and corresponding with political prisoners inside. Kids talk about dehumanizing conditions of prisons and the work that prisoners are forced to do.
![Black Panther Party Chairman Bobby Seale Speaks about the death of George Jackson](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 8/22/1971Call Number: PM 138Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Pacifica Radio, KPFACollection: George Jackson
This the second half of two reels discussing the recent death of George Jackson. This historical interview with Bobby Seale gives his opinion about the last few moments of Jackson’s life, plans for Jackson’s funeral, the Black Panther Party “split”, and the development process the current Black Panther Party is taking to adjust to these changes, Discussion with radio callers takes place during most of the last half of this reel.
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