Geronimo Pratt
Geronimo Ji-Jaga, affectionately known as "G", was a major figure in the Black Liberation Struggle. Geronimo was a member of the Black Panther Party and spent 27 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Geronimo passed away in 2011.
Documents
Kathleen Cleaver with Kiilu Nyasha
Date: 8/25/1994Call Number: KN 005Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Kiilu NyashaProgram: interview for airCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Struggle By Kathleen Cleaver to represent Geronimo Ji Jaga at his parole hearing, Geronimo's case, COINTELPRO
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.
Black Panthers- Geronimo Ji Jaga
Date: 1/14/1987Call Number: JG/ 057Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberProgram: interview with GeronimoCollection: Geronimo Pratt
This is an interview with Geronimo Ji Jaga, a Black Panther leader who was imprisoned for over 20 years at San Quentin prison, charged with a murder in Los Angeles, even though FBI surveillance showed him to be in the Bay Area at the time.
Geronimo interview
Former Black Panther and Political Prisoner Geronimo Pratt discusses his innocence, abuses endured during his 17 years in prison, time as a member of the Black liberation movement in the 60s, his service in Vietnam, his family, the changing character of young inmates, the government's use of psychological warfare, the many years he spent in solitary confinement in various prisons, and why he considers himself a political prisoner.
Geronimo Pratt Interview
In this biography/interview of Pratt, Lisa Rudman gives insight on what it has been like for Geronimo Pratt and his last eighteen years in prison. Pratt had spent three years in Vietnam after high school where he discovered that the way soldiers treated people over in Vietnam was the same way police had treated people of the black community. Pratt was a victim of the cointellpro, where the FBI’s goals where to prevent the coalition of militant black nationalist groups and to prevent the rise of a masiah that would unify the militant black national movement. While over in Vietnam, Pratt was sprayed by a chemical that he still has side effects from and for some reason the prison refuses to treat him. In his case where Pratt was accused and convicted of killing a white women, Julio Butler who was the key witness in the case had committed perjury by saying that Pratt had admitted the murder to him when he was a paid informant that denied ever working with the police. Evidence to support this fact has surfaced since the conviction to prove that Pratt was framed and Pratt knows that he is being held for nothing other than his political beliefs. Pratt stated that “ they just don’t want strong black leaders in this country.”
Freedom Now Prison Event
Note: Tape at 0331.
Muhjah Shakir hosts a Freedom Now event in commemoration of the Attica Uprising, the murder of George Jackson and the 21st year of Geronimo Ji-Jaga's imprisonment. The commemorative event is related to the ongoing conditions of the U.S. prison system and includes; updates on the lawsuit in behalf of Attica prisoners tortured after the uprising by Dennis Cunningham; recording of Leonard Peltier speaking on the Attica uprising, presented by Bobby Castillo; and an update on the conditions in the Special Housing Unit in Pelican Bay Prison by Corey Weinstein.
Every Which Way But Out
Publisher: California LawyerDate: 7/1994Volume Number: JulyFormat: ArticleCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Reproduction of article about Stuart Hanlon, Geronimo Pratt's lawyer.
Geronimo Pratt Interview (1 of 2)
An extensive interview with Geronimo Pratt. Explains how and why he is in prison, details about his murder case and the role of the FBI; his history as a soldier in Vietnam; his involvement with the Black Panther Party and their ideology.
Emphasis on psychological warfare the study of which has been overlooked by the peoples’ movement.
Also explains the general conditions at San Quentin, younger prisoners, his spiritual growth through mediation, fasting, and the necessity of physical strength and mental strength.
Dear Supporter Letter
Publisher: International Campaign to Free Geronimo ji Jaga (Pratt)Date: 11/17/1991Volume Number: 17-NovFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Geronimo Pratt
The first page of a ICFGJJ informational packet. It contains a supporter letter, a current fact sheet regarding the case and a flyer to an upcoming event.
