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George Lester Jackson (September 23, 1941 – August 21, 1971) was an American author, activist and convicted felon. While serving an indeterminate sentence for stealing $70 at gunpoint from a gas station in 1961, Jackson became involved in revolutionary activity and co-founded the prison gang Black Guerrilla Family. [3]
Interviewed three weeks before his death [on August 21, 1971], George Jackson discusses prison conditions, the role of Black women in Black liberation, and h...
George Lester Jackson was an author, abolitionist, marxist, activist, and political prisoner born in Chicago, IL (September 23, 1941 – August 21, 1971). Essays, Books, Writings, Interviews. Remembering the Dragon (1971) George Jackson: Black Revolutionary by Walter Rodney (1971)
Aug 21, 2018 · George Jackson, referencing South American revolutionary who fought for Cuba, Che Guevara, describes how a Black prisoner can engage in an alchemy that turns a slave into a dragon.
Aug 16, 2021 · 422. 7.5K views 2 years ago. To celebrate Black August, TRNN Executive Producer and former Black Panther Eddie Conway talks with Claude Marks about the life and legacy of revolutionary author and...
At the age of 18, George Jackson was condemned to a prison sentence of one year to life for the alleged robbery of $70 from a Los Angeles gas station. Jackso...
Jun 11, 2018 · Was George Jackson a political martyr and revolutionary hero, or merely an arrogant criminal caught up in the radical mood of his time? Either way, there is no doubt that Jackson was an eloquent spokesman for the American underclass.
Abstract. This article focuses upon the work of prison author and activist George Jackson and his work with the Black Panther Party. Thus far, historians' emphasis upon Jackson's relationship with Bay Area radicals has eclipsed the importance of his work on behalf.
On October 15, 1970, George Jackson made one of his most lasting contributions to the struggle for freedom with the publication of Soledad Brother. He put this book together out of a series of letters he wrote from prison.
George Jackson, referencing South American revolutionary who fought for Cuba , Che Guevara, describes how a Black prisoner can engage in an alchemy that turns a slave into a dragon.
