num_pages: 128
description: —Buy Imprisoned Intellectuals packaged with Prisons on Fire CD and save 20% off of the combined retail price of each. Package $31.95Three decades ago, American's prisons burned. This CD tells us how, why, and what happened. Who were the Attica Brothers? Why did 1,500 Black, Puerto Rican, and white prisoners seize control of the New York prison? And who was George Jackson, and why was he murdered by the San Quentin prison administration? What is the legacy of the prison movement? And what do these forgotten histories tell us about prisons , repression, and the struggle for freedom today?This unique compilation brings us the voices of George Jackson, Jonathan Jackson Jr.; Georgia Jackson (mother of George and Jonathan); Angela Davis; David Hilliard (former Black Panther Party leader); James Baldwin; Harry Belafonte; David Johnson, Hugo Pinell, Luis Talamantez and Sundiata Tate (all charged with the San Quentin rebellion following the killing of George Jackson); Frank "Big Black" Smith (Attica Brother and prison activist); William Kunstler; Elizabeth Fink and Michael Deutsch (attorneys for the Attica brothers); L. D. Barkley (Attica Brother, murdered in the retaking of the prison on September 10, 1971, who announced the Attica Manifesto to the world); and Ruchell Magee (prison activist and leader, still in prison for his political activities). Thirty years later, through a mixture of archive audio and contemporary interviews, music, and narration, they introduce and grapple with this history and its lessons for today and tomorrow.Three decades ago, American's prisons burned. This CD tells us how, why, and what happened. Who were the Attica Brothers? Why did 1,500 Black, Puerto Rican, and white prisoners seize contro
language: English
title: Imprisoned Intellectuals: America's Political Prisoners Write on Life, Liberation, and Rebellion [with Prisons on Fire CD]
titlecomplete: Imprisoned Intellectuals: America's Political Prisoners Write on Life, Liberation, and Rebellion [with Prisons on Fire CD]
genres: History, Essays, Politics, The United States Of America, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 27
publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers