Quote of the day
This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,
And Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.
At this still hour the self-collected soul
Turns inward, and beholds a stranger there
Of high descent, and more than mortal rank;
An embryo God; a spark of fire divine.
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)






