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George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (born 1941)
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American author and activist (1941–1971)
George Lester Jackson was an American author, prisoner, and revolutionary. While serving an indeterminate sentence for stealing $71 at gunpoint from a gas station in 1960, Jackson became involved in the Black power movement and inspired the creation of an ultra-leftist prison…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Black Guerrilla Family
African-American prison and street gang
The Black Guerrilla Family is an African American black power prison gang, street gang, and political organization founded in 1966 by George Jackson, George "Big Jake" Lewis, and W.L. Nolen while they were incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, California.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)