Black August Resistance
Black August originated in the California penal system as a response to state repression and murder inside of California’s “correctional” facilities.The historical and ideological foundations of Black August were formulated following the assassination of George Jackson in 1971.
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Black August 2000 Part 1
Date: 8/18/2000Call Number: PM 073Format: DATProducers: Claude Marks, Kiilu NyashaProgram: Black August 2000Collection: Black August Resistance
Black August 2000 event at Alice Arts, Oakland CA with historical voices and culture, George Jackson, Georgia Jackson, Ruchell Magee, Hugo Pinell, Spearhead w/ Michael Franti, Babatunde Lea, EW Wainwright & The African Roots of Jazz, Rosemari Mealy, Kiilu Nyasha, Kumasi, Curly Estremera, Yuri Kochiyama, Devorah Major, Ida McRae, the San Quentin Six, Pierre Labossiere, Naru
Black August 2000 Part 2
Date: 8/18/2000Call Number: PM 074Format: DATProducers: Claude Marks, Kiilu NyashaProgram: Black August 2000Collection: Black August Resistance
Black August 2000 event at Alice Arts, Oakland CA with historical voices and culture, George Jackson, Georgia Jackson, Ruchell Magee, Hugo Pinell, Spearhead w/ Michael Franti, Babatunde Lea, EW Wainwright & The African Roots of Jazz, Rosemari Mealy, Kiilu Nyasha, Kumasi, Curly Estremera, Yuri Kochiyama, Devorah Major, Ida McRae, the San Quentin Six, Pierre Labossiere, Naru
The Tashunka Witro Brigade Show, “Black August”
Date: 8/25/2001Call Number: PM 243Format: CassetteProgram: Tashunka Witro Brigade ShowCollection: Black August Resistance
Part I
This was a broadcast on KPOO 89.5 FM. The title of the episode was "Black August." The producers examine the definition of political prisoners and prisoners of war. With the definitions, they explore the different political prisoners in our American prison system and the suppression of these revolutionaries' vision and influence in history and society. The focus is primarily on the prison system's agenda against people of color, Hispanics, and Native American people to silence their revolutionary example. The prison Pelican Bay is defined as a tomb to silence revolutionaries and eliminate resistance. Black August, a celebration of resistance and determination in memory of freedom fighters that rebelled against the California prison system, is also acknowledged. Black August also represents self-discipline, change, love, peace, freedom, and life. Black August continues to be a time of severe lockdown to prevent prisoner resistance and revival. The producers analyze the oppression and murders of indigenous people and Latinos, along with the political repression that people of color face. The vision and dismantlement of the Muslim activist and the Islamic movement is addressed as well. The stories of revolutionaries such as Alvarro Nuna Hernandez, Jonathan Jackson, Katari Golden, George Jackson, Romaine Chip Fitzgerald, El Mahn Jahmeel, and El Hajj Malik Shabazz are told in relation to their roles as political prisoners. The political prisoners are honored as a fighting spirit within the prison system.
The Tashunka Witro Brigade Show, “Black August”
Date: 8/25/2001Call Number: PM 244Format: CassetteProgram: Tashunka Witro Brigade ShowCollection: Black August Resistance
Black August, Part II
This was a broadcast on KPOO 89.5 FM. The title of the episode was "Black August." The producers examine the definition of political prisoners and prisoners of war. With the definitions, they explore the different political prisoners in our American prison system and the suppression of these revolutionaries' vision and influence in history and society. The focus is primarily on the prison system's agenda against people of color, Hispanics, and Native American people to silence their revolutionary example. The prison Pelican Bay is defined as a tomb to silence revolutionaries and eliminate resistance. Black August, a celebration of resistance and determination in memory of freedom fighters that rebelled against the California prison system, is also acknowledged. Black August also represents self-discipline, change, love, peace, freedom, and life. Black August continues to be a time of severe lockdown to prevent prisoner resistance and revival. The producers analyze the oppression and murders of indigenous people and Latinos, along with the political repression that people of color face. The vision and dismantlement of the Muslim activist and the Islamic movement is addressed as well. The stories of revolutionaries such as Alvarro Nuna Hernandez, Jonathan Jackson, Katari Golden, George Jackson, Romaine Chip Fitzgerald, El Mahn Jahmeel, and El Hajj Malik Shabazz are told in relation to their roles as political prisoners. The political prisoners are honored as a fighting spirit within the prison system.
Black August Revisited
Date: 8/27/1994Call Number: KP 194Format: DATProducers: Kiilu NyashaCollection: Black August Resistance
Interview by Kiilu Nyasha in 1994 with Alice Yerish, a journalist who wrote prolifically on political prisoners and the need for institutional prison reform in California State prison's throughout the 1970's. Primarily talks about her interaction with George Jackson, with whom Yerish maintained extensive contact in the months leading up to his assassination. Also addresses contemporary political prisoners such as Ruchell McGee.
Black August Revisited
Interview with Ruchell McGee, political prisoner arrested in 1963 for a murder he did not commit. McGee, one of the longest held political prisoners, was convicted of kidnap and robbery in 1963 and sentenced to life in prison after a dispute over a $10 bag of marijuana. In the interview he speaks extensively about his two trials, the consolidation of his case with four others for crimes he was not originally charged with, as well as the brutal physical torture he endured leading up to his second trial.
History is a Weapon! Black August Resistance
History is a Weapon! Black August Resistance
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