Black Inmates and the Black Panthers

For apocalyptic revolutionaries who had long sought a constituency to rise up and fight alongside them, black inmates seemed to represent the holy grail wetherman. By 19 68, black inmates were reported to be forming clandestine chapters of the black panthers,. A hard corp marxis group called the black garilla family operated extensive secret marxis political education groups including courses on revolutionary theory and bomb making. The most popular books requested by black inmates as the autobiography of malcolm x, h rap brown's dye, nigger dye, and cleavers soul on ice. More than a few of the black inmates they befriended turned out to be opportunists who parroted marxs philosophy in hopes