The Black Guerrilla Family (also known as the Black Family or the Black Vanguard) was founded in 1966 by George Jackson while he was in San Quentin. The gang is mostly a politically oriented gang established as an African-American Marxist revolutionary organization. It was founded with the goals of eradicating racism, maintaining dignity in prison and overthrowing the United States government. Mainly because of the last goal, the group is extremely anti-government and anti-official. 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... George Jackson 1941 - 1971 George Jackson (September 23, 1941–August 21, 1971) was a Black American militant who was a Field Marshal in the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. ... Categories: Buildings and structures stubs | US geography stubs | Prisons in California ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or Black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan Africa. ... Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ...

The Black Guerrilla Family has a very active working relationship with La Nuestra Familia. Some members of the gang have had ties with the Black Liberation Army, Symbionese Liberation Army, and the Weather Underground organization. The Norteños (Spanish for northerners), also called Nuestra Familia (Our Family), are a coalition of Hispanic gangs in North America, based in northern California. ... The Black Liberation Army (BLA) was a splinter group from the Black Panthers formed in the late 1960s or early 1970s. ... The Symbionese Liberation Army was an American-based group that considered itself a revolutionary vanguard army and was a proponent of radical leftist ideology. ... Weatherman, also known as the Weather Underground Organization, was a US-based, self-described revolutionary organization of communist men and women formed by members of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), splintering that organization in the process. ...

Symbols

Symbols of the gang can be found in the members' tattoos. Crossed sabers, machetes, rifles and shotguns are common tattoos. Also the depiction of a black dragon overtaking a prison, a prison tower or prison guard. For other uses, see Sabre (disambiguation). ... Machete A machete (International Phonetic Alphabet: |/maʃɛti:/) is a cleaver-like tool that looks like a very large bread knife. ... A rifle is any long gun which has a rifled barrel. ... Remington pump-action shotgun held by a Florida Highway Patrol cadet shotgun, see: Shotgun (disambiguation). ... The term dragon, according to context, may be referring to: Dragons of ancient mythology Chinese dragon, mythical creature European dragon, mythical creature Persian dragon (Azhi Dahaka) Living things named after ancient dragons Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis), a big lizard (a reptile) Some small species of lizards in Australia, in the...