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George Jackson
American
Activist
About the author
Most of today's black convicts have come to understand that they are the most abused victims of an unrighteous order.
George Jackson,
American
Activist
#Today
#Order
#Victims
Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice.
George Jackson,
American
Activist
#Patience
#Cowardice
#Limits
The savage repression of blacks, which can be estimated by reading the obituary columns of the nation's dailies, Fred Hampton, etc., has not failed to register on the black inmates.
George Jackson,
American
Activist
#Reading
#Nation
#Repression
They have learned that resistance is actually possible. The holds are beginning to slip away.
George Jackson,
American
Activist
#Beginning
Up until now, the prospect of parole has kept us from confronting our captors with any real determination.
George Jackson,
American
Activist
#Now
#Determination
Very few men imprisoned for economic crimes or even crimes of passion against the oppressor feel that they are really guilty.
George Jackson,
American
Activist
#Men
#Passion
What the Super Bowl did for us was give us a sense of urgency.
George Jackson,
American
Activist
#Sense
But now with the living conditions deteriorating, and with the sure knowledge that we are slated for destruction, we have been transformed into an implacable army of liberation.
George Jackson,
American
Activist
#Living
#Destruction
#Knowledge
#Army