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
![An Interview with George Jackson (May 16 and June 29, 1971)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
![The Political Thought of Comrade George Jackson](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
![George Jackson's Defenders Tell It Like It Is](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Morning StarDate: 4/19/1971Volume Number: 19-AprFormat: PeriodicalCollection: George Jackson
![George Jackson Lives #1](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
![George Jackson Lives #2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
![The George Jackson Tribunal](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
![George Jackson speaking about fascism ; Readings from Soledad Brother (Part 1 of 2)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Track 1: Great taped interviews of George Jackson speaking about fascism. In depth analysis of 3 stages of fascism and how it has manifested itself in the United States. Talks about need to create communes and revolutionary culture so as to reestablish class consciousness. Fascism destroys sense of community among people of all classes. “We are not acting individually inside the prisons - we are rank and file”. Soledad Brothers does not apply to three people but to all brothers who fight against concentration camps. Track 2: An actor named Chris Graham has a taped reading of the intro to George Jackson’s Soledad Brother. Sounds a lot like George reading it himself. Reel 1 of 2 of Chris Graham reading from autobiography. See PM 118 for Reel 2 of 2.