| LC control no. | n 82034468 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Brown, Willie L. (Willie Lewis), Jr., 1934- |
| Variant(s) | Brown, Willie Lewis, Jr., 1934- |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | San Francisco (Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1934-03-20 |
| Place of birth | Mineola (Tex.) |
| Affiliation | California. Legislature. Assembly San Francisco State College National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Democratic Party (Calif.) Hastings College of the Law |
| Profession or occupation | Politicians Mayors |
| Found in | Impact of the 1981-82 state budget provisions ... 1981 (a.e.) t.p. (Willie L. Brown, Jr.; Calif. Assembly Speaker, 17th Assembly district) Curing California's housing ills, 1982: t.p. (Willie Lewis Brown, Jr.) Wikipedia, May 13, 2007 (Willie Brown (politician); Willie Lewis Brown, Jr. (b. Mar. 20, 1934); 41st Mayor of San Francisco, in office 8 Jan. 1996-8 Jan. 2004; 58th Speaker of the California State Assembly, in office 2 Dec. 1980-5 June 1995) African American National Biography, accessed December 27, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Brown, Willie; Willie Lewis Brown Jr.; politician, mayor; born 20 March 1934 in Mineola, Texas, United States; active member of NAACP (1952); received degree in political science from San Francisco State College (1955); received doctor of law degree from Hastings Law School (1958); established his own firm and was active in the civil rights movement; ran for a position in the state assembly, was defeated (1962) but won (1964); became an instrumental figure in Democratic Party (1960-1970s); delivered a powerful speech at the Democratic National Convention (1972); elected speaker of the assembly and served as speaker until (1995); notorious for his expensive suits and for driving around San Francisco in expensive cars; fashion magazines praised him, Playgirl named him one of its ten sexiest men, played a part in the movie The Godfather: Part III; elected mayor of San Francisco (1996-2004)) |
| Associated language | eng |
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