Christopher Brooks, a black actor with the Magic Theatre in Berkeley, reads excerpts from the book “Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson,” which talks of prison life and the conditions Blacks face. These recordings were broadcast during the “Morning reading” time slot at KPFA. The series was first broadcast on KPFA in December 1970, while Jackson was still incarcerated. On August 21, 1971, George Jackson was shot and killed by prison guards at San Quentin prison. KPFA pre-empted most of their regularly-schedule programming to broadcast live reports, interviews, and panels. They rebroadcast this series as part of their programming on those few days following Jackson’s death.
|Note: Contains sensitive language.
Soledad Brother read by Christopher Brooks
PRA Archive #:
BC0243
Date Recorded On:
1970
Date Broadcast On:
December 1970, August 1971.
Item Duration:
30 min. episodes
Total Duration (All Reels):
3 reels (01:27:25) [7 1/2 ips, mono.]
Station: Pacifica National Programming
View Folio: KPFA Folio, December 1970, p.16
Contributors:
Author: George Jackson
Reader: Christopher Brooks
Asset Type: Series
Distributor: Distributor
Rights Summary:
RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
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