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The Black Guerrilla Family (BGF, also known as the Black Gorilla Family, [6] [7] the Black Family, [8] the Black Vanguard, [9] and Jamaa [8]) is an African American black power prison gang, street gang, and political organization founded in 1966 by George Jackson, George "Big Jake" Lewis, and W.L. Nolen while they were incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, California.
W.L. Nolen (December 13, 1943 – January 13, 1970) [1] was an American convict who co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family in San Quentin State Prison in 1966 along with George Jackson. [2] Nolen is considered the mentor of Jackson and is often credited with introducing Jackson to radical left-wing politics .
Black Guerrilla Family Fleeta Drumgo (May 31, 1946 – November 24, 1979) was an American convict and one of the Soledad Brothers , who were three African-American inmates accused of killing prison guard John Vincent Mills on January 16, 1970. [ 1 ]
It was in jail that Masters joined the Black Guerrilla Family (BGF) as a means of self-preservation. Racially segregated gangs are common in prisons like San Quentin, and can offer a measure of ...
George Lester Jackson (September 23, 1941 – August 21, 1971) was an American author, revolutionary, and prisoner. While serving an indeterminate sentence for stealing $70 at gunpoint from a gas station in 1961, Jackson became involved in the Black power movement and co-founded the prison gang Black Guerrilla Family.
Jackson’s death, and his writings, and the forming of the Black Guerrilla Family prison Black power gang, brought the justice system’s racial disparities into general public discussion.
George Jackson met W. L. Nolen in San Quentin State Prison, where the pair co-founded the Marxist-Leninist Black Guerrilla Family (BGF) in 1966. [2] Later, they were transferred, along with Drumgo and Clutchette, to Soledad Prison and housed in the O Wing, which was considered the worst part of the adjustment center.
Blood in My Eye is a book of political philosophy written by George Jackson, a co-founder of the Black Guerrilla Family. Jackson finished writing the book only days before he was killed at San Quentin State Prison on 21 August 1971. The book was first published on 1 January 1972.