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'''Elaine Brown''' (born March 2, 1943) is an American prison activist, writer, singer, and former [[Black Panther Party]] chairwoman who is based in [[Oakland, California]].<ref name=NYT>Wheaton, Sarah (December 12, 2010), [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/13/us/13prison.html "Inmates in Georgia Prisons Use Contraband Phones to Coordinate Protest"], ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref> Brown briefly ran for the [[Green Party (United States)|Green Party]] [[2008 United States presidential election|presidential nomination in 2008]].<ref>[http://www.metrodenvergreens.org/2007/03/green_candidate.html "Green Candidate for President Visits Colorado"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928110843/http://www.metrodenvergreens.org/2007/03/green_candidate.html |date=2007-09-28 }}. Metro Denver Greens</ref> She withdrew from the party.