Description |
xi, 452 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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." |
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 |
Notes |
Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, ©1992 |
Subject |
Brown, Elaine, 1943-
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Brown, Elaine, 1943- |
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Black Panther Party -- Biography
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Black Panther Party. |
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Black Panther Party. |
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African Americans -- Biography
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Black power -- United States
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African Americans.
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Black power.
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Black power.
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United States.
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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LC no. |
93030816 |
ISBN |
0385471076 |
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9780385471077 |
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