Blood In My Eye was completed only days before it's 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 spent the rest of his life -- eleven years-- in the California prison system, seven in solidary confinement. In prison he read widely and transformed himself into an activist and political theoretician who defined himself as a revolutionary.
Product details
Publisher : Black Classic Press; Reprint edition (December 19, 1996)
Language : English
Paperback : 196 pages
ISBN-10 : 0933121237
ISBN-13 : 978-0933121232
Item Weight : 11.2 ounces
Dimensions : 5 x 0.5 x 7.75 inches
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