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I can withstand challenge from without and from within, brown told the party, according to her 1992 memoir, a taste of power. Mar 21, 2020 day number seventeen of african american nonfiction features a taste of power by elaine brown. In her 1992 memoir a taste of power, she wrote about the experience. The book follows her life from childhood up through her activism with the black panther party. A black woman s story by elaine brown 19931201 paperback january 1, 1712 4. A black womans story ebook written by elaine brown. Brown also recorded two albums with horace tapscott and the pan afrikan peoples arkestra, seize the time 1969 and elaine brown 1973. I picked it up in a used bookstore for about six bucks, but it seems to be pretty widely available.
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