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- catalog abstract "I have all the guns and all the money. I can withstand challenge from without and from within. Am I right, comrades? With these words, Elaine Brown proclaimed to the assembled leadership of the Black Panther Party that she was now in charge. It was August 1974. The Panthers had grown from a small Oakland-based cell to a national organization that had mobilized black communities throughout the country. The party's achievements had won the support of millions of white. Liberals, but the violent assaults on the party by the police had brought death or imprisonment to many of its prominent members. Now its charismatic leader, Huey Newton, heading for refuge in Cuba, asked Elaine Brown to hold together a party threatened by internal conflict and the FBI. How she came to that position of power over a paramilitary, male-dominated organization and what she did with that power is an unsparing story of self-discovery. Growing up in a black. Philadelphia ghetto and attending a predominantly white school, Elaine Brown learned firsthand the pain and powerlessness of being black and female. The Panthers held the promise of redemption. Elaine's account of her life at the highest levels of the Panthers' hierarchy illuminates more than the pain of sexism and the struggle against racism: The male power rituals she recounts carried the seeds of the Black Panther Party's destruction. Nowhere was this undertow more. Evident than in the complex character of Huey Newton, who became Elaine's lover and ultimately her nemesis. More than ajourney through a turbulent time in American history, this is the story of a black woman's battle to define herself. Freedom, Elaine Brown discovered, may be more than a political question.".
- catalog contributor b4245043.
- catalog created "c1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "c1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
- catalog description "Assumption -- York Street -- "We are the girls who don't take no stuff" -- Some other life -- The 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 -- A new wave to ride -- Chairman -- A woman's revolution -- Alpha and omega -- Friends and enemies -- "I'll change the world for you."".
- catalog description "Evident than in the complex character of Huey Newton, who became Elaine's lover and ultimately her nemesis. More than ajourney through a turbulent time in American history, this is the story of a black woman's battle to define herself. Freedom, Elaine Brown discovered, may be more than a political question.".
- catalog description "I have all the guns and all the money. I can withstand challenge from without and from within. Am I right, comrades? With these words, Elaine Brown proclaimed to the assembled leadership of the Black Panther Party that she was now in charge. It was August 1974. The Panthers had grown from a small Oakland-based cell to a national organization that had mobilized black communities throughout the country. The party's achievements had won the support of millions of white.".
- catalog description "Liberals, but the violent assaults on the party by the police had brought death or imprisonment to many of its prominent members. Now its charismatic leader, Huey Newton, heading for refuge in Cuba, asked Elaine Brown to hold together a party threatened by internal conflict and the FBI. How she came to that position of power over a paramilitary, male-dominated organization and what she did with that power is an unsparing story of self-discovery. Growing up in a black.".
- catalog description "Philadelphia ghetto and attending a predominantly white school, Elaine Brown learned firsthand the pain and powerlessness of being black and female. The Panthers held the promise of redemption. Elaine's account of her life at the highest levels of the Panthers' hierarchy illuminates more than the pain of sexism and the struggle against racism: The male power rituals she recounts carried the seeds of the Black Panther Party's destruction. Nowhere was this undertow more.".
- catalog extent "xi, 452 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Taste of power.".
- catalog identifier "0374272565 :".
- catalog identifier "0679419446 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Taste of power.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "c1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Pantheon Books,".
- catalog relation "Taste of power.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "973/.049607302 B 20".
- catalog subject "African Americans Biography.".
- catalog subject "Black Panther Party Biography.".
- catalog subject "Black power United States.".
- catalog subject "Brown, Elaine, 1943-".
- catalog subject "E185.97.B866 A3 1992".
- catalog tableOfContents "Assumption -- York Street -- "We are the girls who don't take no stuff" -- Some other life -- The 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 -- A new wave to ride -- Chairman -- A woman's revolution -- Alpha and omega -- Friends and enemies -- "I'll change the world for you."".
- catalog title "A taste of power : a Black woman's story / Elaine Brown.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".