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Elaine Brown (born March 2, 1943) is an American prison activist, writer, singer, and former Black Panther Party chairwoman who is based in Oakland, California. [1] Brown briefly ran for the Green Party presidential nomination in 2008. [2] She is currently serving as the COO of Oakland & the World Enterprises, which she founded in 2014. [3]
During the black power movement, many men were angered by having to report to Elaine Brown because she was a woman. Her daughter, Ericka Abrams, recounts a memory of when Brown pulled a rifle on heavily armed members of the Black Panther Party. Some men believed that having a woman in charge undermined the objective of the movement. [2]
Edward Lewis Brown (born 1942) and his wife, Elaine Alice Brown (born c. 1940), residents of the state of New Hampshire, gained national news media attention as tax protesters in early 2007 for refusing to pay the U.S. federal income tax and subsequently refusing to surrender to federal government agents after having been convicted of tax crimes.
In 2015, the twelfth Conference was held at UC Irvine. Elaine Brown and Wade Noble attended. The conference co-chairs were Jazmyne McNesse and Angelique McGrue. In 2016, the thirteenth Conference was scheduled to be held at UC Santa Barbara. [3] In 2017, the Fourteenth Conference was held at CSU Long Beach.
Jill Elaine Brown was born to Gilbert and Elaine Brown in 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland.By the age of 11, she had begun driving a forklift at her father's construction company, and at the age of 17 joined her other family members in taking flying lessons.
In 1993, Jones became the first woman to be appointed president and director-counsel of the LDF. As President and Director-Counsel, Elaine Jones expanded LDF's litigation into new areas such as health care and environmental justice, while keeping the organization focused on its core work in education, voting rights, economic access and criminal justice.
Allison Elaine Brown (born August 23, 1968) is an American actress and beauty queen who was Miss Teen USA 1986. [1] [2] Brown also competed in the Miss USA pageant. [3]
Elaine Joyce (born Elaine Joyce Pinchot) is an American actress. Early life and education. Elaine Joyce Pinchot was born in Kansas City, Missouri, [1] of Hungarian ...