August 21, 1971: 51 years ago, Aug 21 1971, incarcerated revolutionary, theorist, and Black [...]
51 years ago, Aug 21 1971, incarcerated revolutionary, theorist, and Black Panther Party leader George Jackson was shot to death in San Quentin State Prison during an alleged escape attempt. The following week, thousands attended his funeral in Oakland
August 28, 1971: 52 years ago, Aug 28 1971, over 2000 mourners attended the funeral of [...]
52 years ago, Aug 28 1971, over 2000 mourners attended the funeral of George Jackson, slain leader of the Black Panther Party’s San Quentin Branch, at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church in Oakland. Jackson was killed by prison guards during an alleged escape attempt 7 days earlier Jackson founded the San …
September 12, 1971: Alameda Sailors Organize Stop Our Ship for USS Coral Sea
52 years ago, September 12 1971, sailors stationed at Naval Air Station Alameda began a petition demanding that the USS Coral Sea aircraft carrier not deploy to Vietnam, escalating the Stop Our Ship movement begun by antiwar sailors in San Diego. Radical antiwar activity at NAS Alameda began the previous …
January 21, 1972: 52 years ago, Jan 21 1972, 26 inmates at San Quentin State Prison, led by [...]
52 years ago, Jan 21 1972, 26 inmates at San Quentin State Prison, led by the San Quentin 6 (who were being tried for the alleged escape attempt that left George Jackson dead), began a hunger strike, demanding sanitary food and other basic rights, including the freedom to read The …
January 25, 1972: 51 years ago, Jan 24 1972, hundreds of students at Stanford University [...]
51 years ago, Jan 24 1972, hundreds of students at Stanford University occupied the Old Union and took over the Faculty Club, where they held a “people’s banquet” with stolen food in solidarity with recently fired English professor H. Bruce Franklin of the Maoist group Venceremos Franklin, an open and …