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This document discusses George Jackson's escape attempt and murder and the the charges against and unjust detention of the San Quentin Six within the San Quentin Adjustment Center.

List of 31 demands and manifesto in support of the California state wide prison strike from men incarcerated at Folsom Prison. The demands focused on a wide range of individual and structural issues, from medical care to legal representation to…

August 28, 1971 issue of The Black Panther which memorializes George Jackson

Cover of Vol. V No. 7 of The Black Panther depicting Jonathan Jackson storming Marin County Courthouse

This introductory pamphlet includes articles about the case and each of the brothers, along with photos of them and their families. Articles include Soledad Brothers; This is what happened January 1970; The Men in Chains; The Peculiar Institution of…

"Most of this issue is devoted to descriptions and analysis of prisons, prison life and prison rulers. Included are excerpts from George Jackson's recently book of letters, stories about the prisoners strike at Folsom Prison, the Soledad trials, and…

"Fleeta Drumgo, Bato Talamantez, David Johnson and Sundiata Tate attend a rally sponsored by the National Alliance Against Racism and Oppression. The rally took place at the Olvera Street Plaza in Los Angeles, California."

Bato Talamantez, David Johnson, Inez Garcia and Sundiata Tate at a rally at the San Francisco Civic Center.

Collection of poems on daily life, love, and resistance by women incarcerated at California Institution for Women.

Letters from anonymous residents of the maximum security O and X Wings at Soledad expose the gruesome abuse and medical neglect incarcerated men faced daily.

Newsletter which details the October 2000 hearings on Prison Construction and Operations where women testified to abuses at California women's prisons.

Georgia Jackson is interviewed in this rare 1971 news report “work print” discovered by the Freedom Archives. The film also features interviews with George and with Angela Davis, who was incarcerated at the time in the Marin County Courthouse jail. …

Floorplan of the San Quentin Adjustment Center during George Jackson's escape, including who lived in cells and the positions of killed officers.

From the description: "This 37-minute video was created in collaboration with the California Coalition for Women Prisoners and focuses on the life of Charisse Shumate and women in California state prisons. It includes amazing prison interviews as…