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Soledad Brother: The Letters of George Jackson

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By Stephanie McCarter Posted on Feb 12, 2023

In Category - Biography and Memoir

Authors: George Jackson Published By: Independent Hill Print In Year: 1971

SOLEDAD BROTHER is a literary example of an unbreakable drive for knowledge and strength of the human spirit even in the lowest of places.

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In 1970, George Jackson was charged, along with two other Soledad Brothers, with the murder of Correctional Officer John Vincent Mills in the aftermath of a prison fight. The same year, he published SOLEDAD BROTHER: The Prison Letters of George Jackson, a combination of autobiography and manifesto addressed to an African-American audience. The book became a bestseller and earned Jackson personal fame.