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A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story by Elaine Brown (Paperback, 1993)

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A stunning picture of a black woman's coming of age in America. Put it on the shelf beside The Autobiography of Malcolm X. -Kirkus Reviews Elaine Brown assumed her role as the first and only female leader of the Black Panther Party with these words: I have all the guns and all the money. I can withstand challenge from without and from within. Am I right, Comrade? It was August 1974. From a small Oakland-based cell, the Panthers had grown to become a revolutionary national organization, mobilizing black communities and white supporters across the country-but relentlessly targeted by the police and the FBI, and increasingly riven by violence and strife within. How Brown came to a position of power over this paramilitary, male-dominated organization, and what she did with that power, is a riveting, unsparing account of self-discovery. Brown's story begins with growing up in an impoverished neighborhood in Philadelphia and attending a predominantly white school, where she first sensed what it meant to be black, female, and poor in America. She describes her political awakening during the bohemian years of her adolescence, and her time as a foot soldier for the Panthers, who seemed to hold the promise of redemption. And she tells of her ascent into the upper echelons of Panther leadership: her tumultuous relationship with the charismatic Huey Newton, who would become her lover and her nemesis; her experience with the male power rituals that would sow the seeds of the party's demise; and the scars that she both suffered and inflicted in that era's paradigm-shifting clashes of sex and power. Stunning, lyrical, and acute, this is the indelible testimony of a black woman's battle to define herself. A glowing achievement. -Los Angeles Times Honest, funny, subjective, unsparing, and passionate. . . A Taste of Power weaves autobiography and political history into a story that fascinates and illuminates. -The Washington Post

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Publisher
Bantam Interactive Technology Doubleday Dell Publishing Group INC International Concepts
ISBN-10
0385471076
ISBN-13
9780385471077
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201699264

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Author
Elaine Brown
Publication Name
A Taste of Power: a Black Woman's Story
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Social Sciences, Zoology, "The World / Ideas / Culture": General Interest
Publication Year
1993
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
464 Pages

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Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Weight
590g
Height
235mm
Width
152mm
Item Weight
454g

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Title_Author
Elaine Brown
Spine
26mm
Genre
Popular Culture & Media: General Interest
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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