Back جورج جاكسون (كاتب سير ذاتية) Arabic جورج جاكسون (كاتب سير ذاتيه من امريكا) ARZ George Jackson Catalan George Jackson (Aktivist) German George Jackson (pantera negra) Spanish George Jackson Basque George Jackson (Black Panther) French George Jackson Italian ジョージ・ジャクソン Japanese George Jackson Portuguese
George Jackson | |
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| Born | George Lester Jackson September 23, 1941 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | August 21, 1971 (aged 29) San Quentin, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wounds |
| Resting place | Bethel Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Illinois[1] |
| Known for | Radical prison activism |
| Notable work | Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson Blood in My Eye |
| Parent(s) | Robert Lester Jackson Georgia Bea Jackson |
| Relatives | Jonathan P. Jackson (brother) |
George Lester Jackson (September 23, 1941 – August 21, 1971) was an American author, prisoner, and revolutionary. While serving an indeterminate sentence for stealing $71 at gunpoint from a gas station in 1960, Jackson became involved in the Black power movement and inspired the creation of an ultra-leftist prison gang, the Black Guerrilla Family.[2][3]
In 1970, he was one of three prisoners dubbed the Soledad Brothers. They were charged with the murder at Soledad Prison of corrections officer John V. Mills, allegedly in retaliation for the shooting deaths of three black inmates by a white prison guard several days prior. Also in 1970, Jackson published Soledad Brother, a collection of his letters that comprised a combination autobiography and manifesto addressed primarily to an African-American audience, but which was embraced by radicals around the world. The book was a bestseller and earned Jackson international fame.[4]
In August 1971, Jackson was killed by prison guards during an escape attempt at San Quentin State Prison, in which three guards and two inmates were killed. Jackson never went to trial for the Mills murder.
- ^ Ouagadougou, Mbutu A. (May 12, 2022). The Black Guerrilla Family 1966 – 1971: The Violent History of California's Most Notorious Prison Gang. Plebiscite Publishing Company. p. 216. ISBN 979-8808864979.
- ^ Walters, Jonah (August 21, 2020). "Black Radical Prisoner Organizing Didn't Die with George Jackson: An Interview with Brittany Friedman". Jacobin.
- ^ Cummins, Eric (1994). The Rise and Fall of California's Radical Prison Movement. Stanford University Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-0804722322. OCLC 28112851. Contrary to Brittany Friedman's assertion that George Jackson founded the Black Guerrilla Family (BGF), Cummins says he founded the Black Family, not the BGF; the latter (according to Cummins) did not exist until after Jackson's death in August 1971.
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