To mourn Fred Hampton is to move forward for the people / Elaine Brown; interviewed by Larry Bensky

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To mourn Fred Hampton is to move forward for the people / Elaine Brown; interviewed by Larry Bensky

1972

https://www.pacificaradioarchives.org/recording/bc1267

Representative from the Black Panther Party Central Headquarters in Oakland discusses the growth and the party since the shooting of Hampton in Chicago in 1969, and the upcoming Oakland City elections in which she is running of Councilwoman and Bobby Seal for Mayor.

1 reel (42 min.)

Pacifica Radio

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SNAC Resource ID: 11629436

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Brown, Elaine, 1943-

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Elaine Brown was born in North Philadelphia and raised by her mother. Although she grew up in a single-parent home and experienced economic hardship, Elaine had the opportunity to attend a private school where she participated in extracurricular activities such as classical piano and ballet. She was noted to have had many white friends because of this. After high school, Brown briefly attended Temple University before withdrawing to pursue a music career in Los Angeles. While there, she enrolled...