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In 1969, Jackson was transferred from San Quentin to the [[Soledad]] prison in California, where in January 1970, he and others were charged with the murder of a guard John V. Mills who had shot several black inmates during a riot in the prison yard. Jackson if convicted this time faced a possible death penalty.

In 1969, Jackson was transferred from San Quentin to the [[Soledad]] prison in California, where in January 1970, he and others were charged with the murder of a guard John V. Mills who had shot several black inmates during a riot in the prison yard. Jackson if convicted this time faced a possible death penalty.

In August when he came to trial, a gang of armed Black Panthers led by his younger brother Jonathan, stormed the Marin County courthouse, and took the judge and several jurors hostage, demanding the release of the prisoners. Police retaliated, and in the subsequent shoot-out Jackson was killed, along with the judge and two other people. <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1971/09/20/archives/jackson-an-enigma-in-life-and-in-death-jackson-an-enigma-in-life-an.html</ref>

In August when he came to trial, a gang of armed Black Panthers led by his younger brother Jonathan, stormed the Marin County courthouse, and took the judge and several jurors hostage, demanding the release of the prisoners. Police retaliated, and in the subsequent shoot-out Jackson was killed, along with the judge and two other people.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1971/09/20/archives/jackson-an-enigma-in-life-and-in-death-jackson-an-enigma-in-life-an.html</ref>

==Writings and Political Philosophy==

==Writings and Political Philosophy==

In ''Soledad Brother'' Jackson wrote, "I could play the criminal aspects of my life down, but then it wouldn't be me." He admits that even as a young child, "I served mass so that I could be in a position to steal altar wine." His idea of fun was to deliberately set a large oil-tank on fire. "My disposition for guns and explosions was responsible for my first theft...Downtown we plundered at will." He describes how at the age of fifteen he stole his father's car and crashed it into a shop window. The shop owners brought no charges. He writes, "Love of self and kind is the first law of nature" and complains when his mother sends him a birthday card with a picture of white people on it. He writes with contempt of Europeans who according to him "do not possess the quality of rational thought" (p.43-44) then goes on to say "This is a predatory man's world. The real world calls for a predatory man's brand of thinking."

In ''Soledad Brother'' Jackson wrote, "I could play the criminal aspects of my life down, but then it wouldn't be me." He admits that even as a young child, "I served mass so that I could be in a position to steal altar wine." His idea of fun was to deliberately set a large oil-tank on fire. "My disposition for guns and explosions was responsible for my first theft...Downtown we plundered at will." He describes how at the age of fifteen he stole his father's car and crashed it into a shop window. The shop owners brought no charges. He writes, "Love of self and kind is the first law of nature" and complains when his mother sends him a birthday card with a picture of white people on it. He writes with contempt of Europeans who according to him "do not possess the quality of rational thought" (p.43-44) then goes on to say "This is a predatory man's world. The real world calls for a predatory man's brand of thinking."

He writes with disapproval of women who aspire beyond a domestic role. "The white theory of the emancipated woman is a false idea" and leads to "the breakdown of the family unit."

He writes with disapproval of women who aspire beyond a domestic role. "The white theory of the emancipated woman is a false idea" and leads to "the breakdown of the family unit."

<ref> ''Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson''  

<ref>''Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson''  

by George Jackson and Jean Genet, published 1970, reprint by Chicago Review Press, 1994.</ref>

by George Jackson and Jean Genet, published 1970, reprint by Chicago Review Press, 1994.</ref>