{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6939faa834867e026d55a1b2/69fb4a5313990e6fae02438d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Sugar Baby, Then She Led the Black Panther Party: Elaine Brown's Story","description":"<p>She had a married sugar daddy funding her LA apartment. Then she dumped him and became the first — and only — woman to lead the Black Panther Party. This week we're spilling everything on Elaine Brown: her rise through the Black Panther Party, what black feminism actually looked like in the 1960s, and why history class completely left her out. If you've ever wanted to understand the civil rights movement, intersectionality, or just want to feel smarter at your next dinner party — this one's for you.</p><p><br></p><p>Sources:</p><ul><li>Brown, Elaine. \"A Woman Black Panther.\" PBS American Experience: Eyes on the Prize. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/eyesontheprize-woman-black-panther/</li><li>Fremon, Celeste. \"41st and Central, 1969 – The Black Panther Shootout &amp; the Birth of SWAT.\" WitnessLA, April 6, 2011. https://witnessla.com/41st-and-central-1969-the-black-panther-shootout-the-birth-of-swat/</li><li>Henry, Carmel. \"A Brief History of Civil Rights: The Black Panther Party.\" Howard University School of Law. http://library.law.howard.edu/civilrightshistory/bpp</li><li>Jernigan, Cameron. \"A Taste of Power: The Rhetorical Potency of Elaine Brown.\" UNC JOURney, Spring 2017. https://uncjourney.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13377/2017/05/JOURneySpring2017vol1Digital-1.pdf</li><li>Maynard, Alicia. \"The Assassination.\" The Assassination of Fred Hampton. Digital Chicago, 2019. https://digitalchicagohistory.org/exhibits/show/fred-hampton-50th/the-assassination</li><li>National Archives. \"Elaine Brown (March 2, 1943).\" https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/individuals/elaine-brown</li><li>NBCUniversal. \"Elaine Brown: A Black Panther’s Journey in Breaking New Ground.\" Voices of the Civil Rights Movement, 2021. https://voicesofthecivilrightsmovement.com/articles/elaine-brown</li><li>Seither, Robert James. \"Women in the Black Panther Party.\" TCNJ Journal of Student Scholarship 17 (April 2015). https://mapped.tcnj.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/176/2015/04/2015-Seither.pdf</li><li>Verge, Shane Trudell. \"Revolutionary Vision.\" Meridians 2, no. 2 (2002): 101–25. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40338509</li><li>The Guardian. \"Activist Elaine Brown: You Must Be Willing to Die for What You Believe In.\" March 27, 2022. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/27/activist-elaine-brown-you-must-be-willing-to-die-for-what-you-believe-in</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Delaney & Kendyl Florence"}