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A Brief History of the New Afrikan Prison Struggle
Sundiata Acoli's original 1992 essay tracing the political history of Black political prisoners in U.S. state and federal custody from the late 1960s through the early 1990s. Written from inside, the text articulates the New Afrikan political identity — the post-1968 Republic of New Afrika tradition of Black national consciousness, anti-imperialist alignment...
An Updated History of the New Afrikan Prison Struggle
Sundiata Acoli's primary essay on the history of the New Afrikan Prison Movement — the political and organizational tradition of Black political prisoners in U.S. state and federal custody developed from the late 1960s onward. Covers the 1960s-1970s prison rebellions (Attica, San Quentin, Folsom), the BLA-era prisoner cohort, the founding of the Republic of...
Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era — Dan Berger (2014)
Dan Berger's history of Black prison organizing from the 1950s through the 1980s — the political base of the political-prisoner support tradition that PFOC's *Breakthrough* magazine covered most consistently. Includes substantial treatment of the BLA, the RNA, the Black Panther Party prisoner support work, and the Attica uprising.
Making Contact: Specters of Attica — Reflections from Inside a Michigan Prison Strike (April 25, 2018)
Making Contact (Frequencies of Change Media) episode from April 25, 2018, marking the 45th anniversary of the September 1971 Attica prison uprising and documenting the September 2016 strike at Michigan's Kinross Correctional Facility. Hundreds of imprisoned people at Kinross refused to report to work or lock down, joining the coordinated nationwide September...
San Quentin to Attica: The Sound Before the Fury
Attica rebellion documents — demands, timelines, negotiations.
George Jackson — Intro [Prisons on Fire]
Intro to the Freedom Archives audio documentary "Prisons on Fire" on George Jackson and the Attica/San Quentin prison rebellions. Sourced from search.freedomarchives.org.
The Struggle Within: 30th Anniversary of the Murder of George Jackson
Freedom Archives feature documenting the 30th anniversary of George Jackson's killing at San Quentin — interviews, archival recordings, and reflection on the California prison movement. Sourced from search.freedomarchives.org.