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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]
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.
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]
In 1970, after his release from prison, Newton received an invitation to visit the People's Republic of China. On learning of Nixon's plan to visit China in 1972, Newton decided to visit before him. Newton made the trip in late September 1971 with fellow Panthers, Elaine Brown and Robert Bay, [42] and stayed for 10 days. [43]
Van Patter went missing on December 13, 1974. Some weeks later, her severely beaten corpse was found on a San Francisco Bay beach.. There was insufficient evidence for police to charge anyone with van Patter's death, but the Black Panther Party was "almost universally believed to be responsible," wrote Frank Browning in 1987. [3]
Celine herself has posted a few photos from her trip to Paris, where she's performing live through this week. A native speaker of French, the star first rose to fame as a French-language artist ...
He had an affair with Elaine Brown who later joined (and then led) the Black Panther Party. [14] In 1966 he became vice-president of Sinatra Enterprises where he headed the record and music-publishing divisions. [15]
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