The Black August Rebellion (7 August 1970)

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• From protest to the bid for power

Black August 2000: A story of African freedom fighters

By Kiilu Nyasha, 23 July 2000. On this 21st anniversary of Black August, honoring fallen freedom fighters, Jonathan and George Jackson, Khatari Gaulden, James McClain, William Christmas, and the sole survivor of the August 7, 1970 Courthouse Slave Rebellion, Ruchell Cinque Magee.

Black August (Part 1): Ruchell Cinque Magee and the August 7th courthouse slave rebellion

By Kiilu Nyasha, 2 August 2001. I first met Ruchell Cinque Magee in the holding cell of the Marin County courthouse in the Summer of 1971. I found him to be soft-spoken, warm and a gentleman in typically Southern tradition.

Black August 2003

Transcript of a radio broadcast by Mumia Abu-Jamal, 24 May 2003. Black August has many markers throughout the long history of resistance in the Americas. But here are a few that are important and undeniable events that affected other events and indeed had global impact.