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Black August
Principles of Unity
1. We promote Self-Determination and must organize for the liberation of the Afrikan nation, held
colonized in the united states.
2. We actively support and struggle to defend the Human Rights of Afrikan people in the united states
and around the world.
3. We oppose Genocide or the acceptable and calculated killing of our people by individuals, institutions or organizations of the united states government, through lynching, disease, police terror
and any other means.
4. We actively struggle to End Sexist Oppression. We oppose any form of oppression that limits
women from reaching their fullest potential, as manifested in our cultural, economic, political and
social institutions practices and beliefs. We actively oppose those beliefs, ideas, terms, etc. that
limit the human worth of women and contribute to violations against women.
5. We demand the release of Afrikans who have been imprisoned by united states prisons because they
are committed freedom fighters seeking the liberation of our people. These brothers and sisters are
Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War and should be recognized as such.
6. We demand Reparations, or repayment for four hundred years of slavery, colonialism and oppression
of our people in the united states of america.
The terrible transformation from Afrikan to New Arikan begins with a Dutch man-o-war ship delivering 20 or more
Afrikan prisoners of war (aka slaves and so-called indentured servants in this case) robbed from a Spanish slave
ship to the newly established English colony in exchange for food. Thus begins the birth of the New Afrikan people
and the New Afrikan Independence Movement.
In 1791, revolt broke out in the French Caribbean colony of St. Domingue, which was located on the western
third of the island of Hispaniola (the eastern two-thirds was owned by Spain and called Santo Domingo). One
of the wealthiest colonies in the Americas, St. Domingue produced half of all the sugar and coffee exported to
europe and the united states. It owed its wealth to the work of Afrikan prisoners of war (slaves).
On the night of August 21st, Afrikan maroons and prisoners of war (slaves) in the northern plain of Cape
Francois started the revolt that grew into the Haitian Revolution for National Independence, achieved in 1804.
Haiti was the first New Afrikan Republic in the so-called Americas.
The event that started the revolt was a Petwo Voodoo service. On the evening of August 14th Dutty Boukman, a practitioner of Petwo Voodoo, held a service at Bois Caiman. A woman at the service was possessed by
Ogoun, the Voodoo warrior spirit. She sacrificed a black pig, and speaking the voice of the spirit, named those
who were to lead the Afrikans revolt and seek a stark justice from their white oppressors. The woman named
Boukman, Jean-Francois, Biassou and Jeannot as the leaders of the uprising. It was some time later before
Toussaint, Henry Christophe, Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Andre Rigaud took their places as the leading generals who brought The Haitian Revolution to its final triumph.
Word spread rapidly of this historic and prophetic religious service and the maroons and prisoners of war
(slaves) readied themselves for a major assault on the whites. This uprising began on the evening of August
21st. The whole northern plain surrounding Cape Francois was laid to flames. Plantation owners were murdered and their bodies mounted on poles to lead the Afrikans. More than a thousand whites had been killed.
Afrikans across the land hurried to the banner of the revolt. The masses of northern Afrikans laid siege to
Cape Francois itself. The revolution had begun and would never turn back. On January 1, 1804, President Jean
Jacques Dessalines proclaimed the free republic of Haiti - deriving the name from and indigenous Arawak/
taino word meaning a higher place.
I heard a loud noise in the heavens, and the Spirit instantly appeared to me and said the Serpent was loosened, and Christ had laid down the yoke he had borne for the sins of men, and that I should take it on and fight
against the Serpent, for the time was fast approaching when the first should be last and the last should be first...
And by signs in the heavens that it would make known to me when I should commence the great work, and
until the first sign appeared I should conceal it from the knowledge of men; and on the appearance of the sign...
I should arise and prepare myself and slay my enemies with their own weapons.
In 1831, Nat Turners Rebellion broke out near Jerusalem, Virginia. Turner, born on October 2, 1800, in Southhampton County, Virginia, the week before Gabriel Prosser was hanged, saw religious visions from an early
age and preached to other prisoners of war (slaves). In August of 1831, God sanctioned him to strike back
against the white oppressors. Turners rebellion started with seven men and grew to between 40 50 rebels.
The rebellion lasted over 36-hours. At least 57 white slave owners were killed. Close to 1,000 Virginia and
federal military troops were called out, and at least 100 innocent Afrikans were killed. Over 50 suspected rebels
were caught immediately, but Turner remained at large for almost two months. Nat Turner was finally captured,
tried and killed. Nat Turners rebellion was one of the largest and most influential acts of war in the New Afrikan Independence Movement.
August 1851
On August 11th , 1965, following the beating and arrest of two Afrikans
by white police officers for an alleged traffic violation in Watts, a small
neighbourhood in Los Angeles, one of the largest and most impactful urban rebellions in united states history erupted. The rebellion was
surpressed by the National Guard who regained control of Watts on
August 16th, after 6 days of revolt. In that time 34 people were killed,
856 were injured and property damage was estimated at around 40 million dollars. The Watts Rebellion marked the critical turning point after
the assassination of Malcolm X (el Hajj Malik el Shabazz) in the New
Afrikan freedom struggle of the 1950s and 60s from civil rights to the
Black Liberation Movement, Black Power, self-determination and
national independence.
August 7, 1970
The Marin County Courthouse
Slave Rebellion
The Real Revolutionaries have arrived!
-Jonathan Jackson, the Man-Child
Jonathan James McClain, William Christmas, and Ruchell
Cinque Magee.
One of the bravest and most daring liberation attempts of all time. On
August 7, 1970, just a few days after George was transferred to San
Quentin, his younger brother Jonathan Jackson, 17, invaded Marin
County Courthouse single-handed, with a satchel full of handguns,
an assault rifle and a shotgun hidden under his raincoat. Freeze,
he commanded as he tossed guns to William Christmas, James McClain, and Ruchell Magee. Magee was on the witness stand testifying
for McClain, on trial for assaulting a guard in the wake of a guards
murder of another Black prisoner, Fred Billingsley, beaten and tear
gassed to death. A jailhouse lawyer, Magee had deluged the courts
with petitions for seven years contesting his illegal conviction in 63.
The courts had refused to listen, so Magee seized the hour and joined the guerrillas as they took the judge, prosecutor and three
jurors hostage to a waiting van. To reporters gathering quickly outside the courthouse, Jonathan shouted, You can take our pictures. We are the revolutionaries!
Operating with courage and calm even their enemies had to respect, the four Black freedom fighters commandeered their hostages
out of the courthouse without a hitch. The plan was to use the hostages to take over a radio station and broadcast the racist, murderous prison conditions and demand the immediate release of The Soledad Brothers. But before Jonathan could drive the van
out of the parking lot, the San Quentin guards arrived and opened fire. When the shooting stopped, Jonathan, Christmas, McClain
and the judge lay dead. Magee and the prosecutor were critically wounded, and one juror suffered a minor arm wound.
Magee survived his wounds and was tried originally with co-defendant Angela Davis. Their trials were later severed and Davis
was eventually acquitted of all charges. Magee was convicted of simple kidnap and remains in prison to date 37 years with no
physical assaults on his record. An incredible jailhouse lawyer, Magee has been responsible for countless prisoners being released
the main reason he was kept for nearly 20 years in one lockup after another. He is currently at Corcoran State Prison, having been
recently transferred from Pelican Bay, remains strong and determined to win his freedom and that of all oppressed peoples.
This was the eventful beginning of Black August.
However, they didnt count on losing any of their own in the process. On that fateful day, three notoriously racist
prison guards and two inmate turnkeys were also killed, presumably by Jackson who was shot and killed by guards
as he drew fire away from the other prisoners in the Adjustment Center (lockup) of San Quentin.
Subsequently, six A/C prisoners were singled out and put on trial wearing 30 lbs of chains in Marin courthouse
for various charges of murder and assault: Fleeta Drumgo, David Johnson, Hugo L.A. Pinell (Yogi), Luis Talamantez, Johnny Spain, and Willie Sundiata Tate. Only
one was convicted of murder, Johnny Spain. The others were
either acquitted or convicted of assault. Pinell is the only one
remaining in prison and has suffered prolonged torture in
lockups since 1969. He is currently serving his 10th year in
Pelican Bays SHU, a torture chamber if ever there was one.
A true warrior, Pinell would put his life on the line to defend
his fellow captives.
Black August
Significant Events
August 1978
Khatari Gaulden murdered.
Revolutionary and one of the key organizers of Black August after George Jacksons
assassination. Khatari was killed in August 1978 in the prison infirmary under questionable
circumstances.
August 8, 1949
Dr. Mutulu Shakurs Birthday
New Afrikan Revolutionary, Acupuncturist, Political Prisoner. In 1987, Dr. Shakur was sentenced to 60 years imprisonment for an alleged conspiracy by the Black Liberation Army/New Afrikan Freedom Fighters against the united
states government.
August 8, 1978
Raid on the MOVE Organization by the Philadelphia Police.
9 MOVE members imprisoned as Prisoners of War, 1 Police killed by fellow Policeman.
August 18, 1971
Republic of New Afrika capital assaulted.
RNA capital in Jackson, Mississippi assaulted by FBI and Jackson Police. 11 RNA members taken as Prisoners of
War.
August 24, 1943
Russell Maroon Shoats Birthday
New Afrikan Revolutionary Freedom Fighter, Prisoner of War.
August 25, 1967
COINTELPRO Proclamation agains the Black Liberation Movement
FBI issues its infamous COINTELPRO proclamation against the Black Liberation Movement intructing its agents to
..disrupt, misdirect, discredit, or otherwise neutralize the activities of black nationalist..organizations and groupings,
their leadership, spokesmen, membership, and supporters...
August 27, 1963
W.E.B DuBois becomes an Ancestor
Dr. W.E.B. DuBois, co-founder of the NAACP, Pan-Afrikanist, early revolutionary nationalist, and communist becomes
an Ancestor in Ghana, Africa.
August 28, 1955
Emmett Till Murdered
Emmett Louis Till, Black/New Afrikan youth murdered by white supremacists in Mississippi. This act of genocide
outraged and inspired millions of New Afrikans to actively join the Civil Rights and Black Liberation Movements.
August 28, 1963
The March on Washington
Legendary Civil Rights march, highlighting the pinnacle of the Civil
Rights Movement and the ushering in of the 1964 Civil Rights Bill and
the 1965 Voter Rights Act.
August 30, 1948
Fred Hamptons Birthday
Dynamic revolutionary leader of the Chicago Black Panther Party. Initiator
of the BPP Free Breakfast Program and the Rainbow Coalition. Prime
target of the FBIs Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO) and
brutality assassinated by the FBI and the Chicago police on December
4, 1969, along with Mark Clark.