Many former Black Panthers who became BGF members in jail were disenchanted with Newton for his perceived abandonment of imprisoned Black Panther Party members. Relations between Newton and factions within the Black Guerilla Family had been strained for nearly two decades. in West Oakland by 25-year-old Black Guerilla Family member Tyrone Robinson. Newton was fatally shot outside 1456 9th St. On August 22, 1989, co-founder and leader of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, Huey P. She committed suicide in Hong Kong shortly after she testified against Brooks. Stender was left paralyzed below the waist by the assault and in constant pain. Brooks forced Stender to state: "I, Fay Stender, admit I betrayed George Jackson and the prison movement when they needed me most" just before he shot her. In 1979, former BGF lawyer Fay Stender was shot five times by recently paroled Black Guerilla Family member Edward Glenn Brooks for Stender's alleged betrayal of George Jackson. The Black Guerrilla Family was founded by George Jackson in San Quentin State Prison during the Black Power movement. Contemporarily, the group engages in primarily criminal activity with rival gangs rather than political activity.
The group has been described as one of the most politically oriented prison gangs. The BGF's ideological and economic aims, collectively known as "Jamaanomics", are laid out in the group's Black Book.
It was founded with the stated goals of promoting black power, maintaining dignity in prison, and overthrowing the United States government. Inspired by Marcus Garvey, the Black Guerilla Family (BGF) characterizes itself as an ideological African-American Marxist–Leninist revolutionary organization composed of prisoners.
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Philosophy and goals This article is part of a series about Nolen while they were incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, California. The Black Guerrilla Family ( BGF, also known as the Black Family, the Black Vanguard, and Jamaa ) is an African-American black power prison and street gang founded in 1966 by George Jackson, George "Big Jake" Lewis, and W. San Quentin State Prison, California, United States ĭrug trafficking, burglary and homicide
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