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Black August Revisted Black August Revisted
Call Number: KP 196Format: DATProducers: Kiilu NyashaCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Interview with Geronimo Pratt by Reggie Major at Mule Creek State Prison shortly before Pratt was denied parole after having spent 24 years in prison. Falsely convicted of murder and robbery in 1970 as part of J. Edgar Hoover's COINTELPRO program to destroy Black Liberation groups in the late 1960's, Pratt spent 27 years in California State Prisons. In the interview Pratt talks about his conviction, his eight years of solitary confinement and the transformational power he sees in contemporary street gangs.
Mumia Abu Jamal mass meeting Mumia Abu Jamal mass meeting
Date: 8/16/1997Call Number: PM 354AFormat: Cass ACollection: Geronimo Pratt
Rally held at Mission High School in San Francisco to commemorate the release of Geronimo ji Jaga Pratt and to demand the release of Mumia Abu Jamal. This is the opening of rally (continued on PM 353). Speakers on this part include Cristina Vasquez, Ron Kovic, and Alice Walker.
National People’s Congress - Attica Event National People’s Congress - Attica Event
Date: 9/20/1997Call Number: PM 384Format: Cass A & BCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Includes an update on Leonard Peltier by the National People’s Congress, the American Indian Movement and the Bring Peltier Home Committee. Keynote address is by Geronimo Ji Jaga, just released from prison three months previously. He recounts his own conditions and experiences in prison, how much of his own education was facilitated by his cellmates and the importance of education in the revolutionary struggle. He talks about creating the prison lawyers manual and assisting fellow comrades in filing suits and knowing and understanding prisoners’ rights. Geronimo also focuses on the importance of using international law to validate revolutionary activity, framing the struggle in an international lens and the necessity of continuing to approach the United Nations. Ji Jaga touches on solidarity and explains to the audience that all races can be comrades in the struggle… furthermore detailing how adept the “powers that be” are in creating fictitious organizations that perpetuate divisions. Finally, Geronimo speaks on the essential role that women have played in the struggle and gives updates on the status of various political prisoners being held around the United States.
Honoring the Lives of Don Cox & Geronimo ji Jaga - 1 Honoring the Lives of Don Cox & Geronimo ji Jaga - 1
Date: 7/11/2011Call Number: CD 741Format: CDProducers: Gregg Bridges, Walter Turner, Michael Yoshida, Claude MarksProgram: Africa TodayCollection: Geronimo Pratt
3-hour tribute to recently deceased Panthers Don Cox and Geronimo ji Jaga. Interviews with family members and former party members including Barbara Easley-Cox, Kathleen Cleaver, Charlotte O'Neal, Emory Douglas.
Honoring the Lives of Don Cox & Geronimo ji Jaga - 2 Honoring the Lives of Don Cox & Geronimo ji Jaga - 2
Date: 7/11/2011Call Number: CD 742Format: CDProducers: Gregg Bridges, Walter Turner, Michael Yoshida, Claude MarksProgram: Africa TodayCollection: Geronimo Pratt
3-hour tribute to recently deceased Panthers Don Cox and Geronimo ji Jaga. Interviews with family members and former party members including Barbara Easley-Cox, Kathleen Cleaver, Charlotte O'Neal, Emory Douglas.
Honoring the Lives of Don Cox & Geronimo ji Jaga - 3 Honoring the Lives of Don Cox & Geronimo ji Jaga - 3
Date: 7/11/2011Call Number: CD 743Format: CDProducers: Gregg Bridges, Walter Turner, Michael Yoshida, Claude MarksProgram: Africa TodayCollection: Geronimo Pratt
3-hour tribute to recently deceased Panthers Don Cox and Geronimo ji Jaga. Interviews with family members and former party members including Barbara Easley-Cox, Kathleen Cleaver, Charlotte O'Neal, Emory Douglas.
Honoring the Life of Geronimo ji Jaga Honoring the Life of Geronimo ji Jaga
Date: 7/11/2011Call Number: CD 744Format: CDProducers: Gregg Bridges, Walter Turner, Michael Yoshida, Claude MarksProgram: Africa TodayCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Inserts for tribute. Geronimo: growing up, Resistance, Origins of the Black Liberation Movement, Prison-Cointelpro, Vietnam & Detroit, "in t to win", why i'm a target, "keep on pushin" Interviews about Geronimo with former Panther Harold Taylor, sister Virginia Pratt, and daughter Shona Pratt.