Word: geronimo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Payne said that Clinton's apparent indifference to the Geronimo Pratt case demonstrated his lack of true commitment to black America...
MARIA DO CARMO GERONIMO, 126 PROOF: Baptismal record issued by the Roman Catholic Church. BRUSH WITH HISTORY: Her back bears scars from her 19th century slave master in Brazil. VICE: Only her priest knows. ODDS: The sentimental favorite, but she's never been able to sway the judges in the past...
Inning one, Boise: The pitcher is fresh enough to strike out the first batter. After that, things get a little crazy. A few catches become misses, and the opposing team ends up with two runs before an outfielder, Cesar Geronimo, catches two to get the Hawks up to bat. A man on first, but no score...
...Elmer ("Geronimo") Pratt's release from prison evoked memories of the Black Panther Party, which the once militant Seale helped create in 1966. In 1969 Seale's courtroom histrionics as one of the Chicago Eight (they were tried for inciting riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention) caused the judge to order him shackled to a chair and gagged. In 1973 Seale tried working within the system, running unsuccessfully for mayor of Oakland, Calif. He has since published a memoir and a cookbook, Barbeque'n with Bobby. These days his political focus is on "civil-human rights." He is a volunteer...
RELEASED. ELMER ("Geronimo") PRATT, 49, feisty Black Panther who maintained throughout 27 years in prison that the FBI framed him for murder; on bail; in Santa Ana, Calif. The judge recently overturned Pratt's 1972 conviction because of revelations that the key prosecution witness had been a bureau informant...