The Black Political Prisoner #1

The Black Political Prisoner #1

Prisoner's Rights Movement and Black Power

Published by black GI’s stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, this booklet presents the opinions of drafted black soldiers on the systemic inequality in the U.S. political system. Consisting of seven pieces by black soldiers, themes underlined in the essays include Black Consciousness, Cold War politics and U.S. race relations, and imperialism.

Black G.I.'s

Roz Payne

Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

ca. early-1970s

underground press

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