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A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story ( Pantheon Books, 1992) is a memoir written by Elaine Brown. The book follows her life from childhood up through her activism with the Black Panther Party. In the early chapters of the book, Brown recalls growing up on York Street in a rough neighborhood of North Philadelphia.
- Elaine Brown
- 1992
Dec 1, 1993 · 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.
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- Elaine Brown
- $16.59
- Anchor
Dec 1, 1992 · A Taste of Power is the story of Elaine Brown’s quest for identity and purpose through race, love, and womanhood. She discusses growing up poor, her black experience, and how the two influenced her.
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- Paperback
- Elaine Brown
Jul 22, 2011 · A taste of power : a Black woman's story. by. Brown, Elaine, 1943-. Publication date. 1992. Topics. Brown, Elaine, 1943-, Black Panther Party, African Americans, Black power. Publisher. New York : Pantheon Books.
About A Taste of Power. “Profound, funny … wild and moving … heartbreaking accounts of a lonely black childhood…. Brown sees racial oppression in national and global context; every political word she writes pounds home a lesson about commerce, money, racism, communism, you name it ….
- Elaine Brown
- Paperback
May 20, 2015 · 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.
Jul 13, 2020 · 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.
