Basic Brown

Description:

The one-time mayor of San Francisco and speaker of the California Assembly shares anecdotes from his formative years and political career, discussing his roles in the civil rights movement and the decriminalization of abortion and his work as a political analyst.

subjects: African-American legislators,  Biography,  California,  California. Legislature. Assembly,  Legislators,  Mayors,  Political and social views,  Politics and government,  Speakers,  African American legislators,  Brown, Willie L,  Brown, Willie L. -- Political and social views,  California. -- Legislature. -- Assembly -- Speakers -- Biography,  Mayors -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography,  Legislators -- California -- Biography,  African-American legislators -- California -- Biography,  California -- Politics and government -- 1951-,  United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989,  United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-,  New York Times reviewed,  Mayors, biography,  California, politics and government,  United states, politics and government, 1945-1989,  United states, politics and government, 1989-

People: Willie L. Brown

Places: California,  San Francisco,  United States

Times: 1945-1989,  1951-,  1989-