Elaine Brown

In 1974, Elaine Brown became chairman of the Black Panther party. Her autobiography, A Taste of Power, is currently being developed bu Suzanne de Passe as an HBO movie. She lectures at colleges and universities across America and currently lives in Atlanta, where she serves on the executive board of Mothers Advocating Juvenile Justice and is planning development of a model school for black and other poor children under her nonprofit education corporation, Fields of Flowers. Elaine continues to be a dedicated local and national activist. She helped found the National Alliance for Radical Prison Reform, and is currently campaigning to become the next mayor of Brunswick, Georgia, one of the few remaining areas where the Gullah-Geechee Nation resides.