Elaine Brown
Elaine Brown
Elaine Brownis an American prison activist, writer, singer, and former Black Panther Party chairwoman who is based in Oakland, California. Brown briefly ran for the Green Party presidential nomination in 2008. She currently lives in Oakland, California...
dealing police wonder
If I know about drug dealing in the ghetto, the police have to know. One has to wonder why very little is ever done about it.
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I think now that both parties are going to be talking, we can get an extension for the people who are living here, and we can get them some financial assistance to help move their trailers.
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The city of Jacksonville is going to give some assistance to get some housing and we may be able to give these people a good night's sleep. They may be able to move out of here in a couple of weeks.
looks
But it's not. I think it looks like a Tudor cottage, at least from the outside.
history lived sad talk
I get really sad when I talk about the house. It has more history than any place I've ever lived or probably will ever live again.
ask black business cannot class consider front looking magazine people percent revenue seeing society success
You cannot look at the success of black people by seeing who is on the front of Ebony magazine or by looking at Oprah. When you consider that only 1 percent of all business revenue comes from black-owned businesses, you have to ask yourself if this class disparity is the kind of society we want.