This book is not an easy, but it's very important. Although it was completed in 1970 the topics are still very relevant. As a white person I think it is essential to read black literature in order to get a true understanding of what it means to be a black person in the US. We (white people) can never know what it's like to be targeted by the police, denied basic means, or any of the other numerous examples of racial inequality simply for the color of our skin. If we want to make serious change and truly be allies we need to understand the problem. George Jackson outlines many of these issue within this book.
Also LOL @ the people calling this propaganda, I think they might have missed some of the most important points of this book.
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Blood in My Eye Paperback – December 19, 1996
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George L. Jackson
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Blood In My Eye was completed only days before it's author was killed. George Jackson died on August 21, 1971 at the hands of San Quentin prison guards during an alleged escape attempt. At eighteen, George Jackson was convicted of stealing seventy dollars from a gas station and was sentenced from one year to life. He was to spent the rest of his life -- eleven years-- in the California prison system, seven in solidary confinement. In prison he read widely and transformed himself into an activist and political theoretician who defined himself as a revolutionary.
- Print length195 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherBlack Classic Press
- Publication dateDecember 19, 1996
- Dimensions5 x 0.5 x 7.75 inches
- ISBN-100933121237
- ISBN-13978-0933121232
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Blood In My Eye was completed only days before it's author was killed. George Jackson died on August 21, 1971 at the hands of San Quentin prison guards during an alleged escape attempt. At eighteen, George Jackson was convicted of stealing seventy dollars from a gas station and was sentenced from one year to life. He was to spent the rest of his life -- eleven years-- in the California prison system, seven in solidary confinement. In prison he read widely and transformed himself into an activist and political theoretician who defined himself as a revolutionary.
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- Publisher : Black Classic Press; Reprint edition (December 19, 1996)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 195 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0933121237
- ISBN-13 : 978-0933121232
- Item Weight : 11.2 ounces
- Dimensions : 5 x 0.5 x 7.75 inches
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Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2021
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Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2021
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This could've been written today ... it shows how little things have changed for black folks in the US. Be it policing, the 'US dept of justice', redlining, structural racism and on and on. To the people saying it's propaganda, or just some 'black panther bs'- George Jackson was very direct in telling you the material conditions of life in the US. I think y'all just didn't want to hear it. It was 'too hard' for you. Too bad.
Great book, great read, took lots of notes. In conjunction with this book, I'd recommend Amie Cesaire's 'Discourse on Colonialism', and 'Wretched of the Earth' by Fanon
Great book, great read, took lots of notes. In conjunction with this book, I'd recommend Amie Cesaire's 'Discourse on Colonialism', and 'Wretched of the Earth' by Fanon
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Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2021
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Contains a fraction of his writings in the form of photographs of pages that you have to zoom in to read. Pages are out of order so you can't follow without scrolling around to find the next page. Can't highlight or take notes. Frankly it's insulting to the man and what he had to say.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2020
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Great book for people who didnt know about the Black Panthers Movement
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Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2019
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I thought this would be more of a biography instead of propaganda. I just couldn’t wrap myself around it. I am a liberal but this is just black panther propaganda.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2015
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This book was amazing. It gave me a real in depth look at what the writer was saying, and feeling.
It was a time in history when revolution was sought after by those who were marginalized, and disenfranchised.
Not really agreeing with the tactics, but, understanding the feeling of hopelessness in the main character was
refreshing,
It was a time in history when revolution was sought after by those who were marginalized, and disenfranchised.
Not really agreeing with the tactics, but, understanding the feeling of hopelessness in the main character was
refreshing,
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Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2015
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A must read for any African American man in America.. It did not end well for the author or his brother, but what a wonderful thought to organize instead reacting to threats..
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Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2016
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My opinion in my top three definitive books to opens your eyes to reality as african people and what to do about it. George Jackson is the epitome of revolutionary and his two books including this one are blueprints.
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