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Si asia as wt PRE RE SC.. Memorandum to Mr. E. S. Miller Re: Book Review "Blood in My Eye" By George L. Jackson DETAILS: REVIEW OF BUREAU FILES Bureau files indicate George Lester Jackson, a Negro male, born 9/23/41, was indicted and charged with assault and murder in the death of a Soledad Prison guard during January, 1970. Charged 57 with Jackson were who like Jackson were inmates of the California Department of Corrections. These three individuals subsequently became known he _'"'Soledad Brothers.'' Self-admitted Communist Party member is currently being tried by California authorities for murder, kidnaping and conspiracy in connection with a 1970 attempt by Jackson's younger brother to take hostages to exchange for freedom of the "Soledad Brothers.'' During February, 1971, at the specific request of the Civil Rights Division of the Department, a preliminary investi- gation was conducted due to complaints by these three individuals that they had been deprived of certain rights in connection with the aforementioned criminal charges. George Lester Jackson was himself killed from a gunshot wound during an abortive prison break from San Quentin on 8/21/71. During October, 1971, at the specific request of the Department, which was brought about by several Congressional inquiries, a Limited investigation was conducted as to the cause of George Jackson's death. In both instances, pertinent results were furnished the Department. Jonathan Jackson, a younger brother, was the individual who smuggled guns into the Marin County, California, Courthouse on 8/7/70 and during an attempt to take hostages to exchange for the freedom of the "Soledad Brothers," Judge Harold Haley, Jonathan - Jackson and two prisoners were killed. -2-