Taste Of Power
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Submitted by nikkiwi on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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Taste Of Power
When I was given the assignment to do a book report I really wasn't interested in picking out a book to read, but when I got to the Shrine and picked out Elaine Brown a Taste of Power I had a different feeling. I feel that the book was made for women to read and for men to understand what black women went and are still going through today. As a kid growing up I did not know much about the Black Panthers and what they did. It was never brought up in school and my mother did not mention much about it. By reading this book it enlightened me about the many different struggles that black people went through as a whole. It also enlightened me about the Black Panthers love and support that they had and gave to the community. The last and most important asset that I gained from the reading was the actual life story of Elaine Brown. In Elaine Brown's A Taste of power, one is able to view and relive the many struggles she went through as a child and then view some of the trials and tribulations she went through as being the leader of one of the biggest organization in the black society the "Black Panthers".
Elaine Brown grew up in North Philadelphia which was the black section of Philadelphia. She lived with her mother, aunt, grandmother, and grandfather on York Street in a two story house that was infested with roaches and rats. She and her mother were just staying there until they had saved up enough money to move a step up from the ghetto. Elaine was a very smart and talented little girl and her mother wanted her to progress in everything she did. So her mother worked hard to put Elaine in a special school for smart kids called Thaddeus Stevens School of Practice. This school was a little diverse with mostly Jewish kids, one Puerto Rican, two colored kids, and one Chinese girl. While attending school Elaine managed to excel in a new environment. Elaine spent her summers playing with her two best friends Barbara and Nita who lived on the same...
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