![]() ![]() “To the slave," Jackson wrote, "revolution is an imperative, a love-inspired, conscious act of desperation. Many activists believed he was murdered as retaliation for his activism. Jackson." Jackson was killed by guards at San Quentin during an escape attempt in 1971. Jackson was also an author and published the influential, "Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George L. They became known as the Soledad Brothers and were seen by many radicals as political prisoners. ![]() In 1970, he and two other inmates were charged with the murder of prison guard, John Vincent Mills, following a fight. He was also a member of the Black Panther Party. While incarcerated, Jackson became radicalized and formed a Maoist-Marxist group, the Black Guerrilla Family. George Jackson was imprisoned for armed robbery in 1961 and placed in San Quentin Prison before being transferred to Soledad Prison. ![]()
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