Elaine meryl brown biography

Political activist author

At a Glance&#x;

First Steps as a Radical

Became a Black Panther

Led the Party

Sources

Elaine Brown rose from an obscure ghetto existence to run one of the most powerful and notorious black militant organizations in the United States&#x;the Black Panther Party. So powerful was the influence of the Black Panthers among black communities that it prompted J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI to label it the single greatest threat to the internal security of the United States in Brown assumed power from Huey Newton, founder and minister of defense, in , when Newton jumped bail on a murder charge and left the country, appointing Brown as his successor. Brown maintained control until , when Newton returned from his self-imposed exile in Cuba to face the murder charges of which he was later acquitted.

Brown&#x;s leadership was met with hostility by the predominantly male rank-and-file membership, many of whom had lost sight of the party&#

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Brown, Elaine Meryl

PERSONAL: Children: David. Education: Graduated from Wheaton College,

ADDRESSES: Home—Teaneck, NJ. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Strivers Row, Broadway, New York, färsk E-mail—[email&#;protected].

CAREER: Writer. FYI (television program), American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., writer; Showtime Networks, creative director; Home låda Office, vice president of special markets in creative services. Volunteer for President's Commission, Wheaton College.

AWARDS, HONORS: Emmy Award for writing, Academy of Television Arts and Scientists, for FYI.

WRITINGS:

Lemon City (novel), Strivers Row/One World (New York, NY),

Also contributor to national publications including Essence and Women's World.

WORK IN PROGRESS: A sequel to Lemon City.

SIDELIGHTS: Elaine Meryl Brown revealed in an interview with Gary Johnson for Black dock in that she had first thought about writing a novel in the seventh grade. However, Brown did not commit herself to the p

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Elaine Meryl Brown

Bio

Elaine Meryl Brown is vice president, special markets and Cinemax Group, at HBO. Prior to joining HBO, she was a creative director at Showtime Networks. An Emmy Award–winning writer and the author of the novels Lemon City and Playing by the Rules, she is currently writing a young adult fiction series. She lives in New Jersey.
 
Marsha Haygood is the president and founder of StepWise Associates, LLC, a career and personal development consultancy. She was formerly the executive vice president of human resources and administration at New Line Cinema and Orion Pictures. She lives in New York and Florida.
 
Rhonda Joy McLean is deputy general counsel of Time Inc. and the former assistant regional director of the Northeast Region of the Federal Trade Commission. She has worked as a corporate litigator in a major New York law firm and taught administrative law at the City University of New York. She lives in New York City.

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