Willie Brown Quotes


Go back to the kitchen.


Context

In 1990 the California League of Women Voters campaigned for a redistricting initiative that would have favored the Republicans.


Citations

Willie Brown, Speaker, California Assembly (Democrat), Mayor of San Francisco, Quoted in Roll Call, May 28, 1990

Sourced by: Eigen's Political and Historical Quotations

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Willie Brown
  • Born: March 20, 1934
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: politician

Willie Lewis Brown Jr. is an American politician of the Democratic Party. Brown served over 30 years in the California State Assembly, spending 15 years as its speaker. He later became mayor of San Francisco, the first African American to hold that office. The San Francisco Chronicle called Brown "one of San Francisco's most notable mayors", adding that he had "celebrity beyond the city's boundaries."