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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![Statements by James Baldwin, Jean Genet, Philippe Sollers](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1971Call Number: PM 060Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: French film companyCollection: George Jackson
Statements after the murder of George Jackson in French and English. Baldwin is stunning!
![David Hilliard on George Jackson and the history of the modern-day prison movement](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 3/22/2001Call Number: PM 173Format: DATProducers: Claude Marks, Lincoln BergmanCollection: George Jackson
Claude Marks and Lincoln Bergman interview David Hilliard on George Jackson and the history of the modern-day prison movement for Prisons on Fire
![Angela Davis on George Jackson and history of the modern-day prison movement](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 3/19/2001Call Number: PM 174Format: DATProducers: Claude Marks, Lincoln BergmanCollection: George Jackson
Claude Marks and Lincoln Bergman interview Angela Davis on the murder of George Jackson and the history of the modern-day prison movement.
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