The Intimacies of Solidarity: George Jackson and Eldridge Cleaver’s Prison Love Letters
What can the prison love letters of George Jackson and Eldridge Cleaver tell us that their explicitly political writings cannot?
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Ruchi Mangtani
(She/Her)
Student, Columbia University
I am interested in the 1960s-70s prisoners' rights movement. In the past, I spent significant time researching the Attica Prison Uprising, the deadliest prison rebellion in the United States. Prison writing was a defining mobilizing force for the incarcerated people at Attica, and I am eager to delve into prison autobiographies in particular this summer as a progressive art form that has challenged literary expectations and engendered a collective voice of incarceration.
Outside of research, I am heavily involved in advocacy and volunteering related to criminal justice.
