The Context of White Supremacy hosts the 9th study session on Jack Olsen's Last Man Standing: The Tragedy and Triumph of Geronimo Pratt. Olsen is a White man, and a prolific author. He wrote for Sport Illustrated during the turbulent 1960's, and penned a celebrated series examining black athletes and Racism. The magazine also credits Olsen with writing one of the best biographies on boxing icon and attempted counter-racist Muhammad Ali. Last week, Olsen described a minor victory for the Pratt team when the Vietnam veteran was released from years of solitary confinement and allowed to return to general population. Pratt detailed being astonished to have a toilet as well as access to plates, utensils, and entrees other than sliced bread and gruel. Apparently, many of the younger non-white inmates held Pratt in high regard and invested their time improving his living quarters and preparing him special meals. Unfortunately, the wins were minuscule. Pratt was denied a new hearing by Judge Kathleen Parker and was left to face the prospect of being caged for life. Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., while working for the LA District Attorney's office (the same division he would later trounce during the O.J. Simpson trial), announced to his White colleagues that Pratt was an innocent man. They responded by killing his pet fire eel and snickering about it.
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