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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![The Deaths at San Quentin August 21, 1971](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: PM 186Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Patrick Meyers, David StephensCollection: George Jackson
A report on the events of August 26, 1971, five days after the deaths at San Quentin, when attorneys were allowed inside the prison for the first time since the uprising. Account of the events at the pre-trial hearings for the two surviving Soledad Brothers (John Cluchette and Fleeta Drumgo) in which attorneys attempted to have the prisoners removed from San Quentin and held in SF County Jail for the duration of the trial due to severe beatings by the prison guards. Police and court security guards began beating audience members as a mini-riot broke out. Contains footage from the courtroom. Response by Assemblyman Willie Brown to the State Dept. of Corrections report on the events of August 21st and the censorship of “revolutionary materials” being sent to the prisoners through US mail.
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