Monday, August 16, 2010
Parable of Black August


Parable of Black August, Part One
TheAmerican prison movement began around the time the staff of BlackDialogue magazine made a trip to Soledad prison to visit the blackculture club chaired by Eldridge Cleaver and his lieutenant AlprentisBunchy Carter, 1966. It was a historic meeting of the black studentmovement and the budding prison movement. George Jackson wouldeventually emerge as the hero and prophet of the movement, but therewere many others who