nA collection of Jacksons letters from prison, Soledad Brother is an outspoken condemnation of the racism of white America and a powerful appraisal of the prison system that failed to break his spirit but eventually took his life. Jacksons letters make palpable the intense feelings of anger and rebellion that filled black men in Americas prisons in the 1960s. But even removed from the social and political firestorms of the 1960s, Jacksons story still resonates for its portrait of a man taking a stand even while locked down.