Blood in My Eye, 9780933121232
Paperback
Revolutionary ideas forged in prison, silenced by violence.

Blood in My Eye

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  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    19 December 1996

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Summary

Blood In My Eye was completed only days before its author was killed. George Jackson died on August 21, 1971 at the hands of San Quentin prison guards during an alleged escape attempt. At eighteen, George Jackson was convicted of stealing seventy dollars from a gas station and was sentenced from one year to life. He was to spend the rest of his life – eleven years– in the California prison system, seven in solitary confinement. In prison he read widely and transformed himself into an activist…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780933121232
ISBN-10:0933121237
Author:George Jackson
Publisher:Black Classic Press,U.S.
Imprint:Black Classic Press,U.S.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:19 December 1996
Weight:320g
Dimensions:210mm
About The Author

George Jackson

George Jackson died on August 21, 1971, at the hands of San Quentin prison guards during an alleged escape attempt. At eighteen, he was convicted of stealing seventy dollars from a gas station and was sentenced from one year to life. He spent the rest of his life—eleven years—in the California prison system, seven in solitary confinement. In prison, he read widely and transformed himself into an activist and political theoretician who defined himself as a revolutionary.

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