FIRST ANCHOR BOOKS EDITION, JANUARY 1994
Copyright © 1992 by Elaine Brown
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Anchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc. in 1992. The Anchor Books edition is published by arrangement with Pantheon Books.
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CCP/Belwin, Inc.: Excerpt from the song lyrics “I’ve Got Love for My Baby” by Earl Carter, Charles Ingersoll, James Moore, and Ronald Preyer. Copyright © 1968 by Metric Music. Rights assigned to EMI Catalogue Partnership. All rights controlled and administered by EMI Unart Catalog Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Reprinted by permission.
Edward B. Marks Music Company: Excerpt from the song lyrics “Brown Baby” by Oscar Brown, Jr. Copyright © 1962, 1970 by Edward B. Marks Music Company. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.: “Revolutionary Suicide” and photograph from Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton. Copyright © 1973 by Stronghold Consolidated Productions, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.
Jobete Music Co., Inc.: Excerpt from the song lyrics “Jonathan” by Elaine Brown. Copyright © February 1973 by Jobete Music Co., Inc. Excerpt from the song lyrics “I Was Made To Love Her” by Lula Hardaway, Sylvia Moy and Stevie Wonder. Copyright © May 1967 by Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Black Bull Music. Excerpt from the song lyrics “Someday We’ll Be Together” by Harvey Fuqua, John Bristol and Jackey Beavers. Copyright © October 1961. Reprinted by permission.
International Music Services: Excerpt from the song lyrics “The Meeting” and “A Very Black Man” by Elaine Brown. Vault Publishing Co. Copyright © 1970 by Elaine Brown. All rights secured. International rights secured.
MCA Music Publishing: Excerpt from the song lyrics “Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do” words and music by Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins. Copyright © 1922, 1960, 1987 by MCA Music Publishing, A Division of MCA Inc., New York, NY 10019. Copyright renewed. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Opryland Music Group: Excerpt from the song lyrics “Tennessee Waltz” by Steward and King. Copyright 1948 and renewed 1975 by Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. Reprinted by permission.
Quincy Troupe: Excerpts from the poem “Ode to John Coltrane” by Quincy Troupe. Copyright © 1968 by Quincy Troupe. Reprinted by permission.
Special Rider Music: Excerpt from the song lyrics “Blowin’ in the Wind” by Bob Dylan. Copyright © 1962 by WBM and renewed 1990 by Special Rider Music. Reprinted by permission.
Tamir Music and Hudson Bay Music Inc.: Excerpt from the song lyrics “Santa Baby,” words and music by Joan Javits, Tony Springer, and Phil Springer. Copyright © 1953 by T.M. Music, Inc. Copyright renewed and controlled in the U.S. by Tamir Music Co. Copyright controlled for the world outside the U.S. by Alley Music Corp. and Trio Music Co. Inc. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Brown, Elaine, 1943–
A taste of power : a black woman’s story / Elaine Brown.—1st Anchor Books ed.
p. cm.
Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, © 1992.
1. Brown, Elaine, 1943– . 2. Black Panther Party—Biography. 3. Afro-Americans—Biography. 4. Black power—United States.
I. Title. [E185.97.B866A3 1994]
973′.0496073′0092—dc20
[B] 93-30816
ISBN 9780385471077
eBook ISBN 9781101970102
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