August—-Black August—like February’s Black History Month and June’s Juneteenth, is a month dedicated to honoring Black history and history makers. They had a common enemy: Black prisoners generally but most specifically, the BGF. Days after that call, on January 13, 1970, Soledad prison guards “engineered a confrontation [between] Nazi prisoners…” and Black prisoners. The white inmates sent into the prison’s O-yard that day were known to be violent toward Black prisoners. Getting him would likely strike fear in other Black prisoners and make the BGF back down.