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Soledad Brothers and Angela Davis
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-28 at 2.52.32 PM_thumb.png2023-03-28T21:53:18+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911"George L. Jackson, Fleeta Drumgo and John W. Clutchette became known as the Soledad Brothers, their case catching the Nation’s attention and turning heads to look deeper into the United States’ prisons, when the three men were falsely accused of murdering a prison guard in retaliation for the murder of three prisoners at Soledad Prison in January of 1970. The Soledad Brothers Defense Committee was created with support of many people on the outside including Angela Davis, a well-known professor at the University of California, Los Angeles at the time. The Soledad Brother’s case received its height of visibility on August 7th, 1970 when Jonathan Jackson, the younger brother of George Jackson took over the Marin County Courthouse, taking hostages in exchange for the Soledad Brothers freedom. Jonathan Jackson and all but one hostage in his possession were killed by police on the scene only moments after leaving the courthouse. Ruchell Magee, one of the prisoners that joined in on the takeover, was the only survivor. Following the incident, Angela Davis was indicted and imprisoned for conspiracy in the takeover when it was revealed that the guns used in the takeover were registered under her name. The national coverage that the Soledad Brothers were receiving skyrocketed after the Marin Courthouse takeover, drawing the nation’s attention to the injustices of the criminal justice system."plain2023-03-28T21:53:18+00:001970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49