LEADER 03038oam 2200637 a 450 001 9910495875503321 005 20230828225811.0 010 $a0-585-24985-7 035 $a(CKB)111057870448354 035 $a(MH)007146263-5 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000272178 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12063372 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000272178 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10305430 035 $a(PQKB)11629278 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111057870448354 100 $a19960402d1996 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWillie Brown $ea biography /$fJames Richardson$b[electronic resource] 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc1996 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 509 p. )$cill. ; 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-520-21315-7 311 $a0-520-20456-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 485-492) and index. 330 1 $a"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. 606 $aLegislators$zCalifornia$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American legislators$zCalifornia$vBiography 606 $aLegislators$zCalifornia$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American legislators$zCalifornia$vBiography 606 $aUnited States Local History$2HILCC 606 $aRegions & Countries - Americas$2HILCC 606 $aHistory & Archaeology$2HILCC 607 $aCalifornia$xPolitics and government$y1951- 608 $aBiography.$2fast 615 0$aLegislators 615 0$aAfrican American legislators 615 0$aLegislators 615 0$aAfrican American legislators 615 7$aUnited States Local History 615 7$aRegions & Countries - Americas 615 7$aHistory & Archaeology 676 $a328.794/092 676 $aB 700 $aRichardson$b James$f1953-$01233961 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910495875503321 996 $aWillie Brown$92866155 997 $aUNINA 999 $aThis 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