03038oam 2200637 a 450 991049587550332120230828225811.00-585-24985-7(CKB)111057870448354(MH)007146263-5(SSID)ssj0000272178(PQKBManifestationID)12063372(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000272178(PQKBWorkID)10305430(PQKB)11629278(EXLCZ)9911105787044835419960402d1996 ub 0engtxtccrWillie Brown a biography /James Richardson[electronic resource]Berkeley University of California Pressc19961 online resource (xv, 509 p. )ill. ;Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-520-21315-7 0-520-20456-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-492) and index."This is the first comprehensive biography of Willie Brown, one of California's most enduring and controversial politicians. He has been an important leader in national political circles for more than two decades, perhaps the only African American elected official whose power transcends race." "James Richardson takes us from Brown's childhood, to his years as Speaker of the California State Assembly, to his election as San Francisco's mayor. Along the way we get a riveting, behind-the-scenes account of three decades of California politics. With brilliant portraits of key figures like Jesse Unruh, Phillip and John Burton, Maxine Waters, and Leo McCarthy, Richardson shows us how Brown kept progressive politics alive in California even during Republican governorships."--Jacket.LegislatorsCaliforniaBiographyAfrican American legislatorsCaliforniaBiographyLegislatorsCaliforniaBiographyAfrican American legislatorsCaliforniaBiographyUnited States Local HistoryHILCCRegions & Countries - AmericasHILCCHistory & ArchaeologyHILCCCaliforniaPolitics and government1951-Biography.fastLegislatorsAfrican American legislatorsLegislatorsAfrican American legislatorsUnited States Local HistoryRegions & Countries - AmericasHistory & Archaeology328.794/092BRichardson James1953-1233961DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910495875503321Willie Brown2866155UNINAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress