Quote of the day
It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot.
Claude Brown

Born: February 23, 1937
Died: February 2, 2002 (aged 64)
Bio: Claude Brown is the author of Manchild in the Promised Land, published to critical acclaim in 1965, which tells the story of his coming of age during the 1940s and 1950s in Harlem. He also published Children of Ham.
Known for:
- Manchild in the Promised Land (1965)
- Stonewall Speaks
- Confederate Devil John
- The children of Ham (1976)






