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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Part of George Jackson’s funeral. Taped recording of woman singing about freedom. Songs plays over and over again. Talking in background but difficult to discern much. After song plays several times, can hear a man giving location of another church where people can view George’s body. Then hear chants of “power to the people”. Woman crying.
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