FORMER BLACK PANTHER CHAIR ELAINE BROWN WILL RUN
FOR MAYOR OF BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, AS A GREEN
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Elaine Brown, the only woman
to lead the Black Panther Party, has declared her
intention to run for Mayor of Brunswick, Georgia,
as a member of the Green Party.
Ms. Brown will formally announce her candidacy in
the nonpartisan race on May 19 -- Malcolm X's
birthday -- in Brunswick. Ms. Brown ran twice
for public office as a member of the Black
Panther Party; a brief bio of Ms. Brown is
appended below.
"I'm trying to win this seat to create a base of
economic power for Brunswick's majority black and
poor population through redistribution of the
massive revenues of the city's powerful port,"
said Elaine Brown. "I intend to be the first
black mayor and the first woman mayor in a city
now controlled by a white, wealthy consortium
whose current mayor is a lieutenant colonel in
the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
"At the top of my agenda is economic and
political power for the black residents of
Brunswick, and forestalling a development plan
that would displace Brunswick's black
population," added Ms. Brown, who is profiled in
the current issue (May 2005: 35th anniversary
issue) of Essence magazine.
Elaine Brown gave a speech Saturday evening,
April 23, to a full house at Howard University in
Washington, D.C. on "From Revolution to the
Ballot Box: A Discussion of Strategy for Radical
Change." The event was sponsored by the Green
Institute, an independent tax-exempt
organization.
ELAINE BROWN
A Brief Biography
-- Elaine Brown is a former leading member of the
Black Panther Party and author of A Taste of
Power and The Condemnation of Little B.
-- A Taste of Power, Brown's memoir, is slated
for film production by Suzanne de Passe,
Emmy-award winning president of de Passe
Entertainment.
-- In 1996, after living six years in France,
Brown moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where she
established the nonprofit education corporation
Fields of Flowers to build a comprehensive model
education center for black and other poor
children.
-- Brown is Executive Director of the Michael
Lewis Legal Defense Committee, organized to
support the legal appeal of Lewis ("Little B"),
who, arrested at the age of 13 for a murder he
did not commit, was convicted and sentenced to
life in prison (1997).
-- Brown is a co-founder and Board member of the
National Alliance for Radical Prison Reform, an
organization primarily composed of former
prisoners and family members and friends of
prisoners, the goals of which are to repeal the
harsh criminal laws of the U.S., advocate for
human rights for prisoners, and provide re-entry
programs for former prisoners.
-- In addition, Brown is a member of the Geechee
Council of Georgia; the Brunswick NAACP; Vice
President of The Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation;
and a partner in Seize the Time, Inc.
-- Brown lectures at colleges and universities
throughout the country on New Age Racism and
realization of the vision of eliminating racism,
gender oppression and class disparity toward an
inclusive and egalitarian world society.
-- Brown, a fluent French speaker, has traveled
extensively throughout the world, both on behalf
of the Black Panther Party and independently,
from China, North Korea, Vietnam, Cuba, Algeria
to France, Italy, Russia, Argentina, Uruguay, and
elsewhere.
-- Brown, who studied classical piano for years
and recorded two albums of her original songs,
one for Motown records, has attended Temple
University, UCLA, Mills College, and Southwestern
University School of Law.
-- The mother of one adult daughter, Brown grew
up in the ghettos of North Philadelphia. Brown's
papers have been acquired by Emory University.
FOR MAYOR OF BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, AS A GREEN
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Elaine Brown, the only woman
to lead the Black Panther Party, has declared her
intention to run for Mayor of Brunswick, Georgia,
as a member of the Green Party.
Ms. Brown will formally announce her candidacy in
the nonpartisan race on May 19 -- Malcolm X's
birthday -- in Brunswick. Ms. Brown ran twice
for public office as a member of the Black
Panther Party; a brief bio of Ms. Brown is
appended below.
"I'm trying to win this seat to create a base of
economic power for Brunswick's majority black and
poor population through redistribution of the
massive revenues of the city's powerful port,"
said Elaine Brown. "I intend to be the first
black mayor and the first woman mayor in a city
now controlled by a white, wealthy consortium
whose current mayor is a lieutenant colonel in
the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
"At the top of my agenda is economic and
political power for the black residents of
Brunswick, and forestalling a development plan
that would displace Brunswick's black
population," added Ms. Brown, who is profiled in
the current issue (May 2005: 35th anniversary
issue) of Essence magazine.
Elaine Brown gave a speech Saturday evening,
April 23, to a full house at Howard University in
Washington, D.C. on "From Revolution to the
Ballot Box: A Discussion of Strategy for Radical
Change." The event was sponsored by the Green
Institute, an independent tax-exempt
organization.
ELAINE BROWN
A Brief Biography
-- Elaine Brown is a former leading member of the
Black Panther Party and author of A Taste of
Power and The Condemnation of Little B.
-- A Taste of Power, Brown's memoir, is slated
for film production by Suzanne de Passe,
Emmy-award winning president of de Passe
Entertainment.
-- In 1996, after living six years in France,
Brown moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where she
established the nonprofit education corporation
Fields of Flowers to build a comprehensive model
education center for black and other poor
children.
-- Brown is Executive Director of the Michael
Lewis Legal Defense Committee, organized to
support the legal appeal of Lewis ("Little B"),
who, arrested at the age of 13 for a murder he
did not commit, was convicted and sentenced to
life in prison (1997).
-- Brown is a co-founder and Board member of the
National Alliance for Radical Prison Reform, an
organization primarily composed of former
prisoners and family members and friends of
prisoners, the goals of which are to repeal the
harsh criminal laws of the U.S., advocate for
human rights for prisoners, and provide re-entry
programs for former prisoners.
-- In addition, Brown is a member of the Geechee
Council of Georgia; the Brunswick NAACP; Vice
President of The Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation;
and a partner in Seize the Time, Inc.
-- Brown lectures at colleges and universities
throughout the country on New Age Racism and
realization of the vision of eliminating racism,
gender oppression and class disparity toward an
inclusive and egalitarian world society.
-- Brown, a fluent French speaker, has traveled
extensively throughout the world, both on behalf
of the Black Panther Party and independently,
from China, North Korea, Vietnam, Cuba, Algeria
to France, Italy, Russia, Argentina, Uruguay, and
elsewhere.
-- Brown, who studied classical piano for years
and recorded two albums of her original songs,
one for Motown records, has attended Temple
University, UCLA, Mills College, and Southwestern
University School of Law.
-- The mother of one adult daughter, Brown grew
up in the ghettos of North Philadelphia. Brown's
papers have been acquired by Emory University.
