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George Lester Jackson — Part 05
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Col. Oran'K. Henderson, Medina's brigade commander.
UN," fumed the NY Times. Which is just what it
will be charged for dereliction of duty for not investi-
takes, sometimes, to bring people to their senses.
gating what happened at the Vietnamese hamlet.
JOZSEF CARDINAL MINDSZENTY fnally sucCumbed to
THe un's economic soycort of Rhodesia has suc-
pleas from Washington and the Vatican to leave the-
American Embassy in Budapest and come to the West.
tual, and 2) forcing the United States to import most
Their concern was no doubt partly for his health and.
of its chrome ore from the Soviet Union (which hgs
safety, but also for the effect his symbolic presence in
tripled the price over the past three years). Now the.
the Embassy had on attempts at rapprochement. He
had always said that he would not leave Hungary until!
Senate has' passed a measure under which the Presi-
dent may not prohibit importation of strategic mate-
his conviction of treason was officially repudiated by?
rials from any country if the same material is being
the government. He did not win that full victory, but?
imported from a Communist countay. A "slap at the
Hungary referred to him as "Cardinal" when announe-
34
ON THE LEFT
John Clutchette and Fleeta Drumgo, was charged with
y7.
killing a guard at Soledad. His last prison violation was?
August 21, 1971, when he was killed trying to escape
For a "political prisoner" George Jackson had quite a
from prison.
published in a Buckley column last week:
Briers. Eldridge Cleaver left Algeria and has turned up
On January 5, 1957, fifteen-year-old Georgel Jackson
in the Congo, and, it scems, the Congo is ererything he.
was arrested for stealing a motorcyele. He was released
ever wanted: "We find here in the Congo a revolution-
in the custody of his parents.... On January!22 police
ary Marxist-Leninist state, party, and a People's Army
arrested Jackson again, on suspicion of burglarizing a
built along the lines of a true People's Republic to deal
motorcyele shop. While being frisked he turned on one
with safeguarding construction of a socialist society
of the officers and attempted to drive his back into a
desk spike. As a result of this incident he was detained
Panther Huey Newton is also traveling. He's visiting
briefly as a juvenile offender but later released on pro-
the People's Republic of China. Back home in Oakland,
During the month of February he rested..
black attorney Joseph Simmons said some unkind things
bation.
... On March 5 Jackson was arrested for burglarizing
about Newton. Simmons accused him of "downgrading'
black lawyers" and said that Newton had given the firm.
a Los Angeles furniture store. This being his third
arrest, the authorities sent him to reform school. ..
of very white attorney Charies Garry $5oo,o00 over the.
On August 20, 1953 Jackson was again arrested. This
years. Commented Simmons: "I am worried that New-
time he had a disagreement with his boss and slashed
ton has become a twentieth-century Uncle Tom.".
the seats of a bus his boss owned.He spent ten days in
Also on the move-is the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Presi-
dent of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
jail. .... On September 24 Jackson, with some help,
robbed $105 from a gas station. He was arrested,
He went on a week-long lecture tour of the Soviet
escaped and was arrested again, escaped again and was
Union. Another SCLC leader, Rev. Hosea Williams, is
visiting China on a "goodwill brotherhood" trip. Mao
rearrested. He was paroled in June 1960.
Then, on September 19, 1960, came the famous gas
should really enjoy this visit. williams has a letter from
Abernathy to Mao and a film on the life of Dr. Martin.
February 1, 1961 Jackson was sentenced to one year to
Luther King.
life, depending on his behavior. With good behavior he
would have been out in a year; if he didn't behave he
NATIONAL REVIEW is putIshEd week!
st week
would be in jail for life. As we know, Jackson was in
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jail for the rest of his life..
to Ndrossaeditwral omel anuscript
Placed first in Soledad, his infractions were minor.
NatsRndrbls nst ew yiruin oo
As time passed they became more serious: April 1965,
Jackson stabbed a Chicano inmate in the back; Septem-
head; January 1967, Jacksen was accused of assault with
& two-foot long pipe; April 1967, he was accused of beat-
ing the head of a Chicano inmate; June 1967, he re-
fused to obey an crder, then assaulted the guard who.
gave it; October 1969, a simulated gun was found in.
Jackson's possessionJanuary 1970,Jackson, along
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