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 Remembered](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: PM 005Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: KSAN, Dave McQueen, KPFACollection: George Jackson
Dave McQueen and Mark Schwartz read letters of George Jackson. They discuss the details of the events surrounding the uprising and his death. Actuality from the last interview with George Jackson. Weather communiqué read by Dave McQueen. Closes with Elaine Brown singing The Panther, as sung at George Jackson’s funeral.
![George Jackson Interview](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
A documentary on the 6th anniversary of George Jackson's murder and the continuing struggle against the American prison system. Includes recordings of Jackson speaking from prison, recitation of Jackson's writings, words in memory of Jackson by Herman Bell and others, and a communiqué from the Weather Underground in response to Jackson's Murder.
Short interview with George Jackson in March 1971. Jackson speaks on the conditions inside prisons, the relationship between the oppressor and the oppressed, the Prison Movement's relationship to and communication with liberation movements on the outside, the functioning of captured revolutionary cadres inside prisons, guerilla war, politicization of prison population, and Third World liberation struggles, with a chillingly prophetic analysis of the fate of Allende in Chile.
![George Jackson at San Quentin](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Interviewed by Max Bloom. Jackson speaks about the Prison Movement. Discusses different organizations and vanguard parties collaborating with each other to help the fight against white oppression. He speaks about the Weathermen and the Panthers.
![George Jackson and Huey P. Newton interviews](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Continuation of George Jackson interview. He speaks about the difference between disciplined and authoritative behavior, saying that blacks find it hard to discipline themselves, but they still have to go forward in revolution and black liberation.
Huey P. Newton is interviewed at the Alameda county jail in Oakland, CA by Alex Hoffman and Charles Gary. He speaks about his sentencing, solitary confinement, and his new trial date. He also discusses being punished for being attacked in jail, even with white and black witnesses. Quotes Malcolm X.
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