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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![Interview with a Soledad prison guards](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Sound Roll 2 of George Jackson series. Noisy background noise but can still make out interview. Soledad prison guards talking about George. Describes George as a fairly good inmate on a day by day basis to get along with. He says that none of the guards went along with George’s philosophy. Talking about black convicts and regulations about length of hairdos/afro wigs so as to not be able to hide weapons. Disputes a SF Chronicle newspaper report and discusses that inmates can hide weapons anywhere or smuggle anything into prisons. Tells a story about an who got a hook stuck on his esophagus trying to fish heroine out of his stomach.
![Report of George Jackson’s death.](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Only a few minutes long. Report of George Jackson’s death. Several takes of man trying to give details of George’s murder. Prison administration would have one believe that George’s death was justified due to an attempted escape over a 20 foot wall after his attorney supposedly smuggled in a weapon, which George allegedly hid in his hair.
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