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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806807703321

Autore

Jackson George <1941-1971.>

Titolo

Soledad brother : the prison letters of George Jackson / / foreword by Jonathan Jackson, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : Lawrence Hill Books, : Distributed by Independent Publishers Group, c1994

ISBN

1-61374-287-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxv, 339 p. ; ; 23 cm.)

Disciplina

365/.6/092

B

Soggetti

African American prisoners - California

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: New York : Coward-McCann, [1970].

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- George L. Jackson: September 23, 1941-August 21, 1971 -- Foreword -- Recent Letters and an Autobiography -- JUNE, 10 1970 -- APRIL, 1970 -- JUNE, 12 1970 -- JUNE, 13 1970 -- JUNE, 14 1970 -- Letters 1964-1970 -- JUNE, 1964* -- SEPTEMBER, 1964 -- DECEMBER, 1964 -- DECEMBER, 1964 -- FEBRUARY, 1965 -- FEBRUARY, 25 1965 -- MARCH, 12 1965 -- MARCH, 12 1965 -- MARCH , 16 1965 -- MARCH, 30 1965 -- APRIL, 18 1965 -- MAY, 2 1965 -- JUNE, 9 1965 -- JUNE, 1965 -- JUNE, 1965 -- JULY, 1965 -- JULY, 1965 -- JULY, 1965 -- AUGUST, 1965 -- AUGUST, 1965 -- SEPTEMBER, 6 1965 -- SEPTEMBER, 12 1965 -- OCTOBER, 3 1965 -- NOVEMBER, 7 1965 -- NOVEMBER, 13 1965 -- DECEMBER, 23 1965 -- DECEMBER, 29 1965 -- JANUARY, 1 1966 -- FEBRUARY, 23 1966 -- MARCH, 3 1966 -- MARCH, 20 1966 -- APRIL, 17 1966 -- MAY, 8 1966 -- SEPTEMBER, 9 1966 -- OCTOBER, 20 1966 -- DECEMBER, 2 1966 -- DECEMBER, 3 1966 -- JANUARY, 3 1967 -- JANUARY, 12 1967 -- JANUARY, 23 1967 -- JANUARY, 31 1967 -- FEBRUARY, 1 1967 -- MARCH, 1967 -- MARCH, 26 1967 -- MARCH, 26 1967 -- MARCH, 27 1967 -- MAY, 9 1967 -- MAY, 16 1967 -- MAY, 21 1967 -- MAY, 28 1967 -- JULY, 13 1967 -- JULY, 15 1967 -- JULY, 19 1967 -- JULY, 23 1967 -- JULY, 28 1967 -- AUGUST, 10 1967 -- AUGUST, 26 1967 -- SEPTEMBER, 1 1967 -- SEPTEMBER, 12 1967 -- SEPTEMBER, 14 1967 -- SEPTEMBER, 24 1967 -- SEPTEMBER, 30 1167



-- OCTOBER, 3 1967 -- OCTOBER, 11 1967 -- OCTOBER, 17 1967 -- OCTOBER, 18 1967 -- OCTOBER, 24 1967 -- OCTOBER, 26 1967 -- NOVEMBER, 2 1967 -- NOVEMBER, 6 1967 -- NOVEMBER, 1 1967 -- DECEMBER, 1 1967 -- DECEMBER, 1967 -- DECEMBER, 13 1967 -- DECEMBER, 19 1967 -- DECEMBER, 23 1967 -- JANUARY, 1 1968 -- JANUARY, 6 1968 -- JANUARY, 16 1968 -- JANUARY, 31 1968 -- FEBRUARY, 8 1968 -- FEBRUARY, 12 1968 -- FEBRUARY, 19 1968 -- MARCH, 6 1968 -- MARCH, 28 1968 -- APRIL, 11 1968 -- APRIL, 22 1968.

APRIL, 26 1968 -- APRIL, 30 1968 -- MAY, 4 1968 -- MAY, 15 1968 -- MAY, 16 1968 -- JUNE, 6 1968 -- JUNE, 14 1968 -- JUNE, 29 1968 -- AUGUST, 9 1968 -- AUGUST, 17 1968 -- DECEMBER, 3 1968 -- DECEMBER, 22 1968 -- APRIL, 14 1969 -- JUNE, 12 1969 -- JUNE, 28 1969 -- AUGUST, 17 1969 -- SEPTEMBER, 9 1969 -- SEPTEMBER, 15 1969 -- SEPTEMBER, 25 1969 -- OCTOBER, 17 1969 -- NOVEMBER, 7 1969 -- NOVEMBER, 13 1969 -- NOVEMBER, 27 1969 -- DECEMBER, 5 1969 -- DECEMBER, 21 1969 -- DECEMBER, 21 1969 -- DECEMBER, 25 1969 -- DECEMBER, 28 1969 -- FEBRUARY, 13 1970 -- FEBRUARY, 26 1970 -- MARCH, 2 1970 -- MARCH, 5 1970 -- MARCH, 9 1970 -- MARCH, 12 1970 -- MARCH, 22 1970 -- MARCH, 30 1970 -- MARCH, 31 1970 -- APRIL, 1970 -- APRIL, 4 1970 -- APRIL, 17 1970 -- MARCH, 17 1970 -- MARCH, 27 1970 -- APRIL, 3 1970 -- APRIL, 11 1970 -- APRIL, 16 1970 -- APRIL, 18 1970 -- APRIL, 27 1970 -- MAY, 2 1970 -- MAY, 8 1970 -- 1970 -- MAY, 21 1970 -- MAY, 22 1970 -- MAY, 25 1970 -- MAY, 26 1970 -- MAY, 28 1970 -- MAY, 29 1970 -- MAY, 30 1970 -- JUNE, 2 1970 -- JUNE, 2 1970 -- JUNE, 3 1970 -- JUNE, 4 1970 -- JUNE, 7 1970 -- JUNE, 7 1970 -- JUNE, 11 1970 -- JUNE, 14 1970 -- JUNE, 15 1970 -- JUNE, 17 1970 -- JUNE, 27 1970 -- JUNE, 28 1970 -- JUNE, 30 1970 -- JULY, 8 1970 -- JULY, 28 1970 -- JULY, 28 1970 -- AUGUST, 9 1970 -- Appendix: Introduction to the First Edition.

Sommario/riassunto

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.