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
![Correspondence to Chairperson for the Committee on the Judiciary US House of Representatives Re: House Resolution 109](images/thumbnails//29666.jpg)
Petition to US house of representative to pass resolution 109 which would forward a new trial for Geronimo ji Jaga (Pratt)
![Geronimo Ji Jaga on Black Liberation](images/thumbnails//30456.jpg)
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Geronimo Ji Jaga discusses SNCC organizing throughout the country, working with the Deacons for Defense and the Black Panthers. G also discusses growing up in the Black Nation and fighting the Klan.
![G is Free](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Approximately 10 separate news blitzes/interviews about Geronimo Pratt
![Geronimo Ji Jaga release in 1997 - news footage](images/thumbnails//30429.jpg)
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesProducers: Pam MooreProgram: KRON Channel 2 NewsCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Bay area news story on Pratt's release.
![Geronimo Ji Jaga from Cointelpro 101](images/thumbnails//30430.jpg)
On Geronimo Ji Jaga involvement with the Los Angeles Panther Party and the FBI's COINTELPRO efforts to repress movement building and frame Geronimo Ji Jaga.
![Geronimo Ji Jaga on Black Liberation](images/thumbnails//30432.jpg)
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Geronimo Ji Jaga explains the emergence of the Black Panther party as a small piece of the Black Liberation movement.
![Geronimo Ji Jaga in San Quentin on self defense](images/thumbnails//30433.jpg)
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesProducers: Lisa Rudman, Judy Gerber, Prentis Hemphill, Claude Marks, Isaac OntiverosCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Geronimo Ji Jaga Pratt connects his experiences in Vietnam to the treatment of Black folks in the US and speaks about self defense.
![Growing up in the Black Nation](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Geronimo Ji Jaga reflects on how growing up in the Black Nation among enemy forces gave him a deep respect for defenders of the community.
![My History of Resistance](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Geronimo Ji Jaga Pratt recounts his personal history as a soldier in Vietnam, how he trained black communitiesin the US in self defense and was targeted by the FBI's COINTELPRO program.
![Geronimo Ji Jaga on Black Liberation](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Geronimo Ji Jaga explains the emergence of the Black Panther party as a small piece of the Black Liberation movement.