The ideas and spirit of George Jackson have had a profound influence on my artistic and community work.  In these times where Black art is often seperated from its radical anticapitalist legacy, its extremely important to highlight theorists/warriors like George Jackson.  In Maryland  African Americans make up over 70% of its prison population with most of them coming from Baltimore city.  When I worked in Maryland prisons as a theatre instructor I met hundreds of men of different ages and political/religious backgrounds who were strongly inspired by George Jackson's life and writings to better themselves and their communities.