A Taste of Power

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The incredible memoir of Elaine Brown - the first female leader of the Black Panthers

"I have all the guns and all the money. I can withstand challenge from without and from within. Am I right, Comrade?" So said Elaine Brown on becoming the first female leader of the Black Panther Party in 1974. By that time the group had grown from a small local outfit into a national revolutionary movement, described by FBI director J. Edgar Hoover as 'the greatest threat to the internal security of the country'.

Brown's gripping memoir charts her rise from an impoverished neighbourhood in Philadelphia, through a political awakening during a bohemian adolescence, and on to her time as a foot soldier for the Panthers and her ascent into its upper echelons. As an unfortgettable portrayal of Black girlhood in 1950s Philadelphia and the revolutionary experience in 1960s California, A Taste of Power is a seminal exploration of power, prejudice and the struggle for justice.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780241537343
Published: February 2022

Number of pages: 480
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 27 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd