DETAILS: Original pinback button issued by the Illinois Prisoners Organization, a Black Panther Party / Black Guerrilla Family affiliated prisoners rights group which advocated for the release of George Jackson and other Panther members. Circa 1969. We believe this was the very first item issued by any of the groups that Jackson belonged to with his likeness on it. Measures 1 3/4" inches. Rare.


George Jackson (1941–1971) was an African-American civil rights leader, Black Panther and member of the Soledad Brothers. While incarcerated in prison, Jackson became involved in revolutionary activity and in 1966 co-founded the Marxist–Leninist Black Guerrilla Family. In 1970 he published Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson, a combination of autobiography and manifesto addressed to a black American audience. The book revealed horrific abuse that African Americans faced within the prison system. While incarcerated he rose to the rank of Field Marshall within the Black Panther paramilitary organization. While in prison he had an ongoing romantic relationship with Black Panther leader Angela Davis who would later be charged with murder for trying to help Jackson escape from prison. Jackson was killed while in police custody in 1971.





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