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Geronimo Pratt Interview
Pratt talks about his life pre Black Panther Party: growing up in Louisiana, family life, KKK, service in Vietnam and enrollment in UCLA. At UCLA he is roommates with Black Panther Party Minister of Defense Bunchy Carter. After Bunchy Carter’s murder Pratt takes his place. He talks about government repression, COINTELPRO, relations with other New Left Organizations and role of women and sexism in the Party. Then the interviews follows his arrest and conviction of murder in 1970, he was in the hole from 70-’78. Pratt discuss becoming a New Afrikan, the role of armed national liberation struggle and role of struggle within the legislative realm. He discusses youth anger and education in the 90’s, LA rebellions, prison industrial complex, and political prisoners.
G is Free
Approximately 10 separate news blitzes/interviews about Geronimo Pratt’s release from prison. Footage of him addressing the judge and maintaining his innocence. Most news blurbs discuss Pratt’s history in the Vietnam War, membership in LA chapter of the Black Panther Party, and his being framed by the chief witness, Julius Butler, an FBI and police informant in the murder case of Carolyn Olson, a Santa Monica schoolteacher. Shots of his welcoming back to Marin City, with family, friends and community members, anxious for their “hero” to return. One later news clipping is an interview with Pratt on the one year anniversary of his release. Again Pratt openly discusses the corruption of the FBI and their targeting of the Black Panther Party.
BET News on Assata Shakur, Interview with Geronimo Pratt
This BET news story done in approximately 1987 is based on a longer interview done with her in exile in Havana, Cuba (Part 1 only) 5 minutes.
Judy Gerber interviews Geronimo Pratt in prison about his case. 6 minutes.
BET News on Assata Shakur, Interview with Geronimo Pratt
This BET news story done in approximately 1987 is based on a longer interview done with her in exile in Havana, Cuba (Part 1 only) 5 minutes.
Judy Gerber interviews Geronimo Pratt in prison about his case. 6 minutes.
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Cointelpro, 30 Years Later: 2 Veteran Panthers Speak Out
Call Number: V 152Format: VHSProducers: WBAICollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
2 30-minute interviews with former Black Panther Party members, Dhoruba Bin Wahad and Geronimo Pratt on the history of Cointelpro.
Black and New Afrikan Political Prisoners
Date: 11/29/1991Call Number: PM 251Format: CassetteProducers: Prison RadioProgram: You Can’t Jail The Spirit #3Collection: New Afrikan Prisoners
About the Black political repression, exile, incarceration, and the criminal justice system's interference with political resistance through a discussion of the lives of Mumia Abu Jamal, Assata Shakur, and Geronimo Pratt. Soffiyah Elijah, Dr. Mutulu Shakur, and Kiilu Nyasha, discuss the criminalization of revolutionaries and the future of radical organizing.
Cuatemoc Cardenas at the Commonwealth Club (Part 2 of 2) and KPFA Morning Show Interview with Pat Faydom, Bobby Seale and David Hillard
Conclusion of Cuatemoc Cardena at Commonwealth Club Q and A session (Part 2 of 2).
KFPA Morning Show interviews with Pam Fadem, Bobby Seale and David Hilliard about Political Prisoner Geronimo Pratt and the mobilization to free him.
Geronimo Pratt Press Conference
Bobby Seale & Stuart Hanlon discuss Geronimo Pratt and how COINTELPRO framed him in the murder of a woman in Santa Monica. Seale also discusses his current political activity, his time in the Black Panther Party, and his next venture in cooking "Barbeque'n With Bobby."
National People’s Congress - Attica Event
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.
Black and New Afrikan Political Prisoners
Date: 11/29/1991Call Number: PM 390Format: CassetteProducers: Prison RadioProgram: You Can’t Jail The Spirit #3Collection: New Afrikan Prisoners
On Black political repression, exile, incarceration, and the criminal justice system's interference with political resistance through a discussion of the lives of Mumia Abu Jamal, Assata Shakur, and Geronimo Pratt. Soffiyah Elijah, Dr. Mutulu Shakur, and Kiilu Nyasha, discuss the criminalization of revolutionaries and the future of radical organizing.
