FILE - Black Panthers stand guard while the hearse carrying the body of George Jackson arrives at St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in Oakland, Calif., Aug. 28, 1971. Jackson, a Black Panther member, author and prison activist was killed a week earlier during a deadly uprising and escape attempt at San Quentin State Prison. First celebrated in 1979, Black August was originally created to commemorate Jackson's fight for Black liberation. It has since evolved into a monthlong awareness campaign and celebration dedicated to Black American freedom fighters, revolutionaries, radicals and political prisoners, both living and deceased. (AP Photo / Robert Klein, File)
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