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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.

Documents

Interview with George Jackson’s lawyer and former fellow inmate/comrade Interview with George Jackson’s lawyer and former fellow inmate/comrade
Call Number: PM 104Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: George Jackson
Track 1: Interview with John Thorne, George Jackson’s lawyer, about his relationship with George. Describes George as a selfless leader, always bringing in lawyers to discuss the cases of fellow inmates. Talks about George’s solidarity with other movements, his dedication to struggle for freedom, his ultimate discipline and preparedness for attack. Discusses some of the letters between George and Angela Davis about fascism within the United States. Track 2: Interview of Popeye Jackson, former fellow prisoner of George’s in San Quentin and Soledad prisons, discussing the impossibility of the State’s case for assassinating George Jackson. Discusses the repressive conditions of the adjustment center and the many revolutionaries abused within solitary confinement. Reads a letter from Fleeta Drumgo about his treatment in the case of his death.
George Jackson at San Quentin George Jackson at San Quentin
Date: 7/28/1971Call Number: PM 211AFormat: Cass ACollection: George Jackson
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 George Jackson and Huey P. Newton interviews
Date: 6/7/1968Call Number: PM 211BFormat: Cass BCollection: George Jackson
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.