Elaine Brown, former chair of the Black Panther Party and founder of dozens of revolutionary programs, might be getting a West Oakland intersection named after her.
According to Oaklandside, the Oakland City Council is considering a resolution next month to rename the intersection at 7th and Campbell streets “Elaine Brown Way” after former Black Panther Party chair, Elaine Brown. Brown is responsible for creating and supporting dozens of innovative community programs throughout her career, many of which became models for state and city government programs. One of her most recent projects include a mammoth 32,000 square-foot affordable housing and commercial hub in West Oakland, aptly called the Black Panther.
Brown, a singer-songwriter who grew up in inner city Philadelphia, joined the Los Angeles chapter of the Black Panther Party in 1968 after gaining a rigorous education on the Civil Rights Movement, capitalism, and communism from music executive Jay Richard Kennedy…