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Genre/Form: | Autobiography Biography Autobiographies Biographies Correspondance Correspondence |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Jackson, George, 1941-1971. Soledad brother. New York, Coward-McCann [1970] (OCoLC)571876927 |
Named Person: | George Jackson; George Jackson; George Jackson |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
George Jackson |
OCLC Number: | 99917 |
Description: | 330 pages group portraits (on lining papers) 22 cm. |
Responsibility: | with an introuctiion by Jean Genet. |
Abstract:
From Library Journal Jackson gained notoriety shortly before his death in 1970 when his younger brother unsuccessfully tried to free him at gunpoint when Jackson and two others were on trial for killing a guard. Written between 1964 and 1970 while serving time in Soledad Prison for robbery, the letters reveal the brutality and racism faced by prisoners and call for unity among African Americans. This edition contains a new foreword by Jackson's nephew Jonathan. Soledad Brother remains "recommended for most libraries" and is a solid title for Black History Month in February. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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