Jonathan Peter Jackson, Jr. — Notes of a Radical Son: The Hidden Legacy of a Black American Family — at Conn Ave

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An ambitious and vast family history, told from the perspective of the son of Black Panther martyr Jonathan Jackson, who is also the nephew of celebrated prison writer George Jackson, two figures who redefined Black Power and American dissent in the early 1970s.In thirty six minutes on a sweltering day in August 1970, there occurred one of the most tragic days in American history. Jonathan Peter Jackson, then a seventeen year old boy, attempted to free the Soledad Brothers, who included among them his older brother and hero George Jackson. Jonathan’s son, the writer of this book, wasn’t yet born and would only learn who his father was nine years later.To better understand, Jonathan Peter Jackson Jr. reconstructs and restores the entire family history on both sides, goi…

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