A taste of power : a black woman's story Elaine Brown

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Elaine, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brown, Elaine, 1943-.

Brown, Elaine.

Black Panther Party--Biography.

Black Panther Party.

African Americans--Biography.

African Americans.

Black power--United States.

Black power.

Physical Description:

xi, 452 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st Anchor Books ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Anchor Books, 1994.

Summary:

By August 1974, the Black Panthers were a national organization to be reckoned with, supported by millions of blacks as well as white liberals. How Brown came to leadership in this paramilitary, male-dominated organization, and what she did with that power, is an unsparing story of self-discovery. Brown's account of her life at the highest levels of the Black Panther party's hierarchy. More than a journey through a turbulent time in American history, this is the story of a black woman's battle to define herself.

Contents:

Assumption

York Street

"We are the girls who don't take no stuff"

Some other life

Child has died

Getting black

Living for the people

January 17th

Postmortem

Dying for the people

Where is the love?

Becoming Huey's queen

Kiss of the panther

Sanctuary

New wave to ride

Chairman

Woman's revolution

Alpha and Omega

Friends and enemies

Enemies and friends

"I'll change the world for you".

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, c1992.

Local Notes:

The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.

ISBN:

0385471076 (pbk.)

9780385471077 (pbk.)

OCLC:

28631187

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