Inmate activist George Lester Jackson(CSI's Gary Dourdan) short life became a flash point for revolution, igniting the bloodiest riot in San Quentin's history. In a story ripped from history's headlines, Black August traces Jacksons spiritual journey and violent fate, from being sent up on a one-year-to-life sentence for robbing a gas station of $71, to galvanizing the Black Guerrilla Family with his incendiary book of letters, Soledad Brother, to the fierce August Day when his younger brother Jonathan shocked the world by taking a California courtroom hostage to protest Jacksons upcoming trial.