Record

Ref NoMS 4000/6/1/68/30/C
TitleCD Rom listening copy
LevelItem
Date27 October 1971
DescriptionAmerican radio documentary programme on the death of George Jackson

Track 1: Test signal 0.33 mins
Track 2: Narrator recounts the events of the incident in the exercise yard at Soledad Correctional Facility in January 1970 in which three black prisoners were shot and killed, the killing of a white prison officer, supposedly in retaliation, the indictment of George Jackson, John Cluchette and Fleeta Drumgo for this killing, and George Jackson's political education background piano music 3.37 mins
Track 3: An actor reads extracts from George Jackson's prison letter in which he describes his political education and activism 2.22 mins
Track 4: Narrator recounts the events surrounding the death of George Jackson and focuses on the inconsistencies in the official version of the incident 1.02 mins
Track 5: An actor reads extracts from George Jackson's letter to his attorney, Fay Stender, about the policies of the Governor of California, Ronald Reagan 3.03 mins
Track 6: An official statement by James Park, San Quentin associate warden, on the George Jackson's apparent escape attempt and death 1.10 mins
Track 7: George Jackson's mother comments on her son's apparent escape attempt 1.06 mins
Track 8: Extract from George Jackson's letter to Angela Davis
Track 9: A man comments on an interview with Ruchell McGee, another San Quentin prisoner about George Jackson's death 2.16 mins
Track 10: Relatives of the other prisoners, John Cluchette and Fleeta Drumgo, talk about their attempts to be moved from San Quentin because of the violence meted out to them 3.08 mins
Track 11: Extract from the last recorded interview with George Jackson 2.37 mins
Tracks 12-13: Comments by American newspaper reporters following their tour of San Quentin prison

Total: 29.04 mins

Dubber's reference number: PLA KF571E0012280
Extent1
FormatCd-rom
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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