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)
Interview with Ruchell McGee, political prisoner arrested in 1963 for a murder he did not commit. McGee, one of the longest held political prisoners, was convicted of kidnap and robbery in 1963 and sentenced to life in prison after a dispute over a $10 bag of marijuana. In the interview he speaks extensively about his two trials, the consolidation of his case with four others for crimes he was not originally charged with, as well as the brutal physical torture he endured leading up to his second trial.
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