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'Here I was, a woman, proclaiming supreme power over the most militant organization in America'

In 1974 Elaine Brown became the first woman leader of the Black Panther Party. This is her unforgettable memoir, charting her rise from an impoverished neighbourhood in Philadelphia, through her political awakening during a bohemian adolescence, & on to her time as a foot soldier for the Panthers & ascent into its male-dominated upper ranks. It is a seminal exploration of power, racism & one woman's revolutionary struggle.

Astonishing [and] heart wrenching ... Movie makers, where are you? This narration is as wild and moving as Bonnie and Clyde ... It also has beautiful, touching, heartbreaking accounts of a lonely black childhood ... Brown sees racial oppression in national & global context; every political word she writes pounds home a lesson about commerce, money, racism, communism ... A glowing achievement ... A profound, funny & heartbreaking American story — Los Angeles Times

'What Elaine Brown writes is so astonishing, at times it is even difficult to believe she survived it. And yet she did, bringing us that amazing light of the black woman's magical resilience' — Alice Walker

Honest, funny, subjective, unsparing, & passionate ... A Taste of Power weaves autobiography & political history into a story that fascinates & illuminates — The Washington Post

A stunning picture of a black woman's coming of age in America. Put it on the shelf beside The Autobiography of Malcolm X — Kirkus