The Basics
This is the month we celebrate Black August
What is August?
Black August was first celebrated in this year, in the 1970s.
What is 1979?
This famous Black Panther is the main reason we celebrate Black August.
Who is George Jackson?
A person who is in jail for fighting for their people's freedom.
What is political prisoner?
Black August is an alternative to this more well-known month of celebrating Black history.
What is Black History Month?
The first Black August celebrations started in this U.S. state.
What is California?
This man was George Jackson's younger brother who took action to try and free him.
Who is Jonathan Jackson?
Someone who was not always a freedom fighter but became one while in prison.
What is a politicized prisoner?
We honor these people who have dedicated their lives to the fight for Black liberation during Black August.
What are political prisoners?
George Jackson was killed on this day in August 1971.
What is August 21st?
George Jackson was part of this revolutionary group.
What is The Black Guerrilla Family?
This word means the act of setting people free from oppression.
What is liberation?
These two tenets of Black August are about building strength and defending the community.
What is train & fight?
This revolution, which started in August 1791, was the world's first successful slave rebellion.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
This man was a leader of the Pan-Africanism movement, who was also born in August.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
This word means being locked up or put in prison.
What is incarceration?
These two tenets of Black August are about learning and spiritual discipline.
What is study & fast?
The celebration of Black August began inside a prison called this.
What is San Quentin Prison?
This freedom fighter, honored by Black August, led a rebellion on a Virginia plantation in August 1831.
Who is Nat Turner?
This type of prisoner is someone who is captured during a war between nations or armies.
What is a prisoner of war?