Elaine Brown, the only woman to lead the Black Panther Party, has declared her candidacy for Mayor of Brunswick in the November 2005 election. Ms. Brown formally announced her candidacy in the nonpartisan race on May 19 -- Malcolm X's birthday --in Brunswick . Ms. Brown ran twice for public office as a member of the Black Panther Party.

"I'm trying to win this seat to create a base of economic power for Brunswick 's majority black and poor population through redistribution of the massive revenues of the city's powerful port. I intend to be the first black mayor and the first woman mayor in a city now controlled by a white, wealthy consortium whose current mayor is a lieutenant colonel in the Sons of Confederate Veterans. At the top of my agenda is economic and political power for the black residents of Brunswick , and forestalling a development plan that would displace Brunswick 's black population"

 

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