Parable of Black August, Part One

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 played a role.

My brother served time inSoledad, but he was in, North, another section from Cleaver, GeorgeJackson and others who were in Central. Yet he had the same duties togain consciousness and fight for survival. He said after reading JohnHope Franklin's From Slavery to Freedom, he was seething with hatred forthe white man when he learned of conditions during the Middle Passageand the cruelty of plantation life. He and forty other brothers wereshipped out of Soledad to San Quentin in 1965 after a racial disturbancethat lead to the death of several white inmates. My brother said thedepartment of correction sent a letter to Mama saying he was sent out onsuspician of murder and rebel rousing.

According to my brother,George Jackson's best friend was Doug Nolan. Everybody knew Doug wasgoing to eventually get killed because he was a boxer and "moremilitant" than Malcolm X.

Marvin X

One of Marvin X's recent books is a memoir of Eldridge Cleaver, My friend the
Devil, Black Bird Press, 2099. He teaches at his Academy of Da Corner, 14th and
Broadway, downtown Oakland. Email him at jmarvinx@yahoo.com.
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