George and Georgia Bea Jackson on the death of Jonathan Jackson
About This Item
KRON-TV Newswatch footage from August 12th 1970 featuring scenes from a press conference with Georgia Bea Jackson, who comments on her son Jonathan Jackson's state of mind before he and three other people were killed on August 7th at the Marin County Civic Center in San Rafael, California. In referring to legal treatment of the Soledad Brothers - one of whom is also her son George Jackson - she states: "How could anyone who's sat in that courtroom think that anybody would get justice … not if you're black and poor." Followed by an interview with the incarcerated George Jackson, in which he discusses his interests and prison sentence. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
- Type of material
- local newsfilm
- Duration
- 2:26
- 16mm color magnetic sound film
- Rights for this video belong to
- Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
- Date aired
- 8/12/1970
- Originally aired on
- KRON-TV
- Identifier
- KRON 2459-1
- Views
- 12604
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