Fort Jackson 8

 

I came across this anti-war rally promotion in a May 1970 issue of the Los Angeles Free Press. I took special interest in the reference to the Fort Jackson 8.

Further exploration revealed them to be anti-war protestors, mostly Black and Brown soldiers, stationed at Fort Jackson who were jailed from January to May of that year for calling for an end to the killing.

One might also note references to Jackson, Mississippi, and Augusta, Georgia, the sites of police actions against black demonstrators that resulted in the deaths of several protestors.

The more things change ...