Every year, the Black freedom movement and activists for prisoners' rights commemorate the month of August — "Black August" - to honor the fallen warriors and demand the freedom of political prisoners. The tradition began because on Aug. 21, 1971, heroic Black Panther writer, thinker and Field Marshall George Jackson was assassinated by San Quentin prison guards. Jackson's death led to the Attica prison uprising two weeks later.

PSL stands in solidarity with the struggle and sacrifices of Black political prisoners and treedom tighters - trom George Jackson's work organizing behind bars in San Quentin to the Attica rebellion to the Haitian Revolution to Nat Turner's rebellion and the March on Washington. These moments of resistance and sacrifice, among countless others, have challenged the oppression and exploitation of Black people anc especially prisoners, which remain foundational to the immense wealth of the U.S. capitalist class.

10% of all vendor sales will be donated to North City United & Fountain Park Tornado Relief efforts, and Je'von Henderson, a young man who's subject to police violence in St. Louis.