2010.54.5516

Geronimo Pratt
after 1978
17.25 in HIGH x 14.00 in WIDE
(43.81 cm HIGH x 35.56 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.5516


Poster is printed overall with a black and white photo of an African American man, shown from the shoulders up he is smiling with his head slightly tilted. The upper left corner is overlaid with text in white: "January 1969: Bunchy Carter and John Huggins assassinated. / Decmber 1969: / LA Shootout. / Fred Hampton and Mark Clark assassinated / in Chicago. / December 1970: / Geronimo picked up in Dallas. / November 1971: / Geronimo framed and convicted of 1968 murder. / Sandra Pratt, Geronimo's wife murdered / 1971-1978: / Seven years of solitary confinement / in San Quentin.". The lower right corner is overlaid with text in white: " 'The Prison Struggle is but a small part of our overall struggle for liberation, / yet it is an extremely significant area of struggle' - June 17, 1978 / Geronimo Pratt / B40319 / San Quentin Prison / Tamal, California 94964".
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