Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson
A collection of Jackson's letters from prison, Soledad Brother is an outspoken condemnation of the racism of white America and a powerful appraisal of the prison system that failed to break his spirit but eventually took his life. Jackson's letters make palpable the intense feelings of anger and...
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A collection of Jackson's letters from prison, Soledad Brother is an outspoken condemnation of the racism of white America and a powerful appraisal of the prison system that failed to break his spirit but eventually took his life. Jackson's letters make palpable the intense feelings of anger and rebellion that filled black men in America's prisons in the 1960s. But even removed from the social and political firestorms of the 1960s, Jackson's story still resonates for its portrait of a man taking a stand even while locked down.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781556522307 (1556522304)
Publish date: September 1st 1994
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
History,
Academic,
Cultural,
African American,
Politics,
Philosophy,
College,
Theory,
Race
Maybe I'm racist, maybe I should of given it more of a chance... But I did not enjoy the point of view of Mr. Jackson. He is a communist, a black supremacist (does that even exist?) and he basically hates Europeans.All of his views are completely understandable given his position and his race, but I...
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