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Autobio Mio : Peoples’ Attorney Brown

FOR ME ON MY 76th Birthday , it's the best of times in my Life socializing , especially with women , and professing anthropology ; and suddenly ! AHHH I WILL SURVIVE AND THRIVE ! <

Let me go back to 1968 a Detroit , Lafayette Park, baseball player Negro graduating Summa Cum Laude/Valedictorian ( top grades in my class year) from an all white boys' military academy ; you know i was feeling WISEMAN W.E.B. Dubois' TWO SOULS THAT BLACK FOLK HAVE ( https://www.gutenberg.org/files/408/408-h/408-h.htm ) <

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NEGRO CADET at VALLEY FORGE WINS TOP HONORS in CLASS<

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This is the only time i was featured in a newspaper article making it , among other reasons a place to start My Life Story . It was the fullfillment of my childhood ideals which I got largely from my parents and grandparents and aunts and uncles and school teachers and friends , fellow students and neighbors ,Co-workers like on 2533 Sturdevant Detroit , 218 River Street , East Lansing, and 1365 Joliet Place Detroit 48207 , various addresses and dorms in Ann Arbor ; and LAFAYETTE PARK , Eastside , Black Top , Detroit, obviously smiles . <

I AM WE ; I am Us;I am Hinkson; I am Brown : Philadelphia Negro, Black Detroiter. I am Mom <

Mom-Betty- Cordelia , the Third, after her mother and great grand mothers Cordelia , kept so many newspapers and clippings; including this on my high school graduation , one of the highpoints of my life ) .She saved and took so many photographs which i , here seek to pass on as family memorabilia and story to our progeny , CHILDREN . <

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The Philadelphia newspaper , Bulletin headline pictured above says “Negro Cadet …” stop right there . The important point was I was a _first_ Negro at VFMA. I was a Firster , integrating that school .~

As a Civil Rights Firster , I was in the Civil Rights Movement ( although i didn't think of it like that until College in Ann Arbor : Hail Alma Mater , dear Ann ! Oh those college years ; what leisure and freedom ; an Intellectual was I ; chasing Smartness ; <

playing basketball; getting my first girl friends ; hippying like the Beatles), a thing , that is basketball many Negroes were doing at the time. Before college I was child athelete, sandlot , baseball and football, a little basketball; tried a tiny bit of hockey ( I once got Gordie Howe's autograph). My identity was significantly athlete before college , so i trained myself to basketball skills ontop of my basic , high level running and arm strength . I joined the running -jogging healthy fad in the late 70's close to the end of the college student progress political reform , soon to be reversed by Reaganism, the bane of my political career.Running made me a super gym/sandlot basketballer ; them was the days ! I was a excellent amateur athelete as was my brother Saint Phillip Shelton Brown; we honored our father's role model as he was excellent physicalist track and football in high school and college , and combat infantryman (!) ; Alexander Hunter Brown , Our son , is a Combat Marine , physically fit to a tee. BOO YA ! <

Later , 1987 through 2011 or so , I was an excellent softball player on Timothy Lewis Johnson , and then his son, Matthew Flip Johnson's Laser's softball team ( I live in 2026 at 717 McDougall , 48207,right across from Martin Luther King High School; Tim's former townhouse ; renting from my guy , my "Baby" , Matthew , Flip Johnson ) . I had first formed a softball team with Tim in summers 1966 and 67 (them was the days) ; we went undefeated for two straight seasons; i was 15 and 16 and team manager/ star player; boy could i hit. 20 years later Tim , Phil and i teamed up again with Tim's Lasers . <

.My mother jotted down on a piece of paper a quote: "I slept and dreamt thst life is Beauty/ I woke and found that Life is Duty. My variation her theme : <

I slept and dreamt that Life is Baseball/ I woke and found that Life is Women . <

MOM ( see pictures of her below) Cordelia Elizabeth , was a Firster at Cornell University . My grandfather Dehaven ,whose name I have , was a Firster in medical school and the US Army …My father ,a Firster<

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Negro integrating Firster Lawyer Charles Shelton Brown ; residential Firster in East Landing, Michigan :

Being in The Freedom Movement consciously , voluntarily eventually that Struggle and the Working Class Struggle became part of the heart of My Life . So that’s a logical place to start- A_First_Negro at Valley Forge , and i "won top honors" ; lots of merit badges

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From: Charles Brown Date: November 8, 2021 T

Subject: Resume of Charles D.Brown

CHARLES DeHaven BROWN 1365 Joliet Place Detroit, Michigan , 48207 (313) 393-9656 landline (313) 205-9086 cellphone

Member of Connecticut Bar, October 1979 ( I lived in New Haven Connecticut ; my close friend and comrade was the beautiful Pamella Safer , who guided me to pro-Soviet wisdom ). Sister Beverly lived in New Haven then too. We visited Aunt Mary De and Julien and Jennifer in NYC lots . )<

Tragically , Reagan initiated Reaganism in 1981; Reaganism has been a damper on Our Civil Rights Movement , on me for 45 years <

Member of Michigan Bar,since November 1984 Passed two bar exams !

2013 to present (2026) Anthropology Professor at Wayne County Community College District : Ahhh!!h finally got to be a professor. <

I had drifted toward career as professor in my Professional student years 68-75. But i found that though I read more than most people , i don't read as much as professors. And I was burning out on being a student , I now see in hindsight . I'd been in school since 1955 , 20 years . Plus , anthro profs dont have good income . I finished up anthropology Masters Degree. I was a certified Intellectual; but too stuck in the Academy ( damn Plato) ; into French Existentialism ; cafe philosophie-avant garde ; Jean-Paul Sartre ) I saw a book on Existentialism in my Dad's books ; grandad Dehaven Hinkson suggested i favor MOTHER WIT over Existentialism ; De was correct ; who needs ennui. , but too stuck in the Ivory Tower loving knowledge ; I am wise in my old age _in part_ because of that love of knowledge of academic truths. W.E.B. Dubois , ML King ,Comrade and Detroit Mayor Extraordinaire Coleman Young, Philosopher Angela Davis and others are my Intellectual Mentors ; as i fulfilled my High School/College Dream to become a Truth Teller -Writer . To tell that dream i have become an Excellent Writer , i do say so myself . This blog is the full floresence of that . <

; I'm happy i was so into Truth seeking , Honesty , Honor , even if too much and thereby not discovering the Truth of passing on family legacy to progeny, legacy ... until much later ; it wasn't emphasized in college <

. So to make a long story short ( including Dehaven Hinkson , Grandfather De, joining The Ancestors in December 1975 ) i ( We, cause my family was with me in close communication I went to law school in 1976. to 1979 ( and when i was in high school boarding school and Undergrad and Grad school). University of Michigan gave me a third degree, Juris Doctorate ; and they had given me the third degree questioning. i wrote many essays;dorm debated a lot; took many law school rigorous tests , ; passed two bar exams <

I AIMED TO BE A PEOPLE'S ATTORNEY : 20th Century Underground Railroad : Professional Revolutionary ;Marxist -Leninist political activist ; Partisan of the Working People , of Employeesx; pseudonym : John Henry; I went to so many protest demonstrations , especially in Washington, DC Solidarity Days, Stevie Wonder demonstration for MLK holiday , Million Man March ; million person anti - nukes demo in NYC; Occupy Wallstreet in Detroit .many , many more in Ann Arbor and Detroit: I was a political activist galore ; now retired .

My politicaleconomic , philosophical anthropoloical , revolutionary theoretical contributions are largely collected in this World famous Blog. <

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Experience: Chief of Staff and Legal Counselor to Detroit City Councilmember JoAnn Watson October 2003 to December 2013<

Important fact as to why Councilwoman Joann Watson ( NAACP leader ) hired me and Chief of Staff ( only man on staff with 10 women staff ; i was chief of staff , only man.)was that we were in the Civil Rights , Black Power , Detroit movement together for at least 20 years. ( she tells me i was in her, Joann's , kindergarten class at McCollugh when i lived on Sturdevant ; she said i was the smartest boy) . i thank her for employing me. I had her back ; wrote many politically correct memoes for her; gave her wise legal advice; People's Attorney's Advice . Here's a battle against racist Republicans in Lansing we fought :<

http://take10charles.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-rape-of-detroit-by-state-of.html

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DETROIT , BLACKEST CITY IN AMERICA , AND PROUD OF IT <

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Glad i was able to Advise and prepare councilmember for decisions on budgetary, legislative and a wide variety and range of municipal policy issues. Special areas of work were municipal law, economic development, labor and environmental , anti-racism concerns.

Staff attorney at Michigan Legal Services Detroit, Michigan March 2003 to July 2007 People's Attorney Representing low-income clients in court and administrative. I worked in Legal Services for Low-Incomed in New Haven , Connecticut when first out of law school. (See below) . In New Haven, with Pamella Saffer, I learned and then aspired to Marxism-Leninism for the rest of my life . It was a culmination of being in the Civil Rights-Black Power Peace -Student political activism for 12 years ; realizing we Americans had been lied to essentially about the Soviet Union. And retaining a Martin Luther King /Jesus ethic .<

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For Legal Services for My People, Black single mothers i did hearings in eviction defense ( courts being so pro-Landlord, pro-Moneied class shocked my pampered student ass into the real world , though it took me a long time to substantially get that Freedom is a constant struggle ; more victories are certain ) <

divorce and child support, public assistance, tax foreclosure, mortgage foreclosure, consumer, juvenile, probate matters.

Staff of Congressman the Very Progressive John Conyers March 1996 to October 1996 Policy analysis ; help with response to Detroit newspaper strike : Conyers was very progressive ; he was friends with my parents. Then he follwed my father into Dingell's office as Firster Negro staff when my father went to work for Governor Williams.

yes , WE WERE PEOPLE'S ATTORNEY BROWN as when werecwere Staff analyst and Attorney , LAWYER at Division of Research and Analysis Detroit City Council March 1990 to June 2002 ( got my pension, a pragmatic step in my life , i semi- retired at 76). Legal and public policy research, analysis and practice for the Detroit City Council. This work ( meeting my Work Ethic obligation ; smiles) included drafting numerous city ordinances, City Council resolutions, legal opinions and public policy memoranda, and several court pleadings and briefs. It also required counseling and advising the City Council in its committee of the whole and subcommittees individually. These communications for the City Council concerned every City department and a wide variety of issues. Major concentrations were Charter questions, separation of powers, housing, land sales, and real property, privatization, ethics, subpoena enforcement, planning and development and pensions. Specially assigned to Councilmember Mary Ann Mahaffey<

Associate attorney Webb and Hildebrandt, P.C. Detroit, Michigan July 1988 to February 1990 Represented labor unions and individual employees in a variety of legal forums, including representation in unfair labor practice proceedings before Michigan Employment Relations Commission and employment cases in state court. Researched and drafted a variety of briefs, pleadings and motions.

Administrative Assistant to Detroit City Councilmember Mel Ravitz, A very good and honest Elected Official ( not politician) February 1985 to July 1988 Of course working in the City-County Building , I worked and socialized with many, many city workers over the next 28 years. My Peeps ! Charlie Brown Advised and prepared councilmember for decisions on budgetary, legislative and a wide range of municipal policy issues. Special areas of work were municipal law, economic development, labor and environmental concerns.Memorandum and Brief writer extraordinary

Staff Attorney New Haven Legal Assistance Association ( For My People) New Haven , Connecticut June 1979 to June 1981 Represented low income clients in legal services for the poor program in housing and income maintenance cases. Frequent appearances in court and administrative hearings

Education :A big part of my identity, soul, persona was self-assigned Thinker, Philosopher, Seeking Truth and Wisdom about Humans . Eventually i defined Anthropology as the Science of Human Life. So it includes medicine; physician heal thyself ( smiles) Eat, Drink and be Merry ! Imhotep , the Egyptian/ Kemetian Physician: Anthropologist Advocate for the superior civility of the Stone Age over so-called Civilization . Here's my essay on that : <

http://take10charles.blogspot.com/2024/06/stone-age-was-more-civilized-than-so.html

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University of Michigan Law School J.D. Degree , May 1979; Built my brain logical "muscle" up. anthropology Ph.d program 1981 to 1984 ( wrote essence of my argument that "The Stone Age is more civilized tban so-called Civilization ") ; Part of my Test 3 <

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A) What is Professor Brown’s argument that the Stone Age was more civilized relative to so-called Civilization ? How is Professor Marshall Sahlins “Original Affluent Society “ thesis part of Prof. Brown’s argument ? What are the other parts of Prof. Brown’s argument ? What is the definition of “civilized” ? How is the thesis of “Survival of the Nicest” part of Professor Brown’s argument ?<

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B) How are white skin color supremacist behavior and social institutions not justified by biology ? Why is designating white skin color phenotypical people as a superior human race or sub-species( phylogenetic classification) INVALID ? How are white supremacist biological theses false ? What genetic studies invalidate the concept of race based on skin color ?

C) How is the theory of white supremacist economic, social, political and cultural behavior _real_ and pernicious in the real world ? What statistics and historical reports support this theory ? What is Critical Race Theory as discussed in the news in recent years ?

University of Michigan M.A. Degree , December 1975 Anthropology

University of Michigan Anthropology B.A. Degree, April 1972

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CHARLES BROWN I am Black and proud in Detroit, where | am married to Lisa , with Alexander , our Son <

and where I work for the City of Detroit and Legal Services for Low Incomed . I grew up in Philadelphia , Washington, D.C., New York , Detroit , East Lansing and Ann Arbor , Michigan. I went to college at the Univer- sity of Michigan in anthropology and law over the course of 16 years . I have practiced in neighborhood legal services for the poor, in labor law for trade unionists, indigenous peoples* land recovery and municipal legislative law. I enjoy softball, basketball, child-care, Afro cabarets, philosophy, political activism, writing. et al. My Committees of Correspondence/ Communist Party with Angela Davis; my motto is: Power to the membership as a whole! All Power to the People <

My theoretical contributions to the Struggle are largely collected in this World "famous" Blog <

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Profile: Charles Brown, Chapter Vice President By Jeanne Mirer NG-Detroit Chapter member Jeanne Mirer interviewed Charles DeHaven Brown on October 3, 1988, and gave us this report on their conversation. Jeanne: Charles, I'm sure people in the Chapter want to know more about you. Tell us a little bit about yourself. Charles: I was born in Philadelphia but my parents moved to Detroit in the early 50s so I grew up in Detroit. My father is a practicing attorney and my mother is a retired school teacher. I am thirty-eight and I was married in 1985. My wife Lisa teaches in the Detroit Public School system.® JM: How did you become interested in law and in the National Lawyers Guild? CB: I have always been somewhat of an activist. When went to the University of Michigan as an undergraduate in 1968, I was active in and secretary of the Black Student Union. I didn't at first go into law. In 1972, after I graduated, I attended graduate school in anthropology and received my masters in anthropology in 1975. My interest was cultural anthropology as I had a strong desire to understand "human nature.

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( http://take10charles.blogspot.com/2026/09/make-love-not-war-was-golden-rule-of.html ) I did not enter law school until 1976. My first contact with the Lawyers Guild was in 1978 when I wett on an NLG Summer Project in Northern California. It was called the Yurok Land Recovery Project. By working with Indian tribes, the project combined my interestsJM: What did you do after law schogir CB: My first lawyer job was in Legal geryises in New Haven Connecticut. I worked there from 1079 to 1981, and I was active in the union. Although my sxperience there was positive, I found myself still interested in anthropology . In 1982 i went into the Ph.D program at U of M in cultural anthropology. By 1984 | desided that 1 did not want to pursue a purely acedemic career, so I passed the Michigan bar exsmtnation and went to work as an aide for Detroit City Counelman Mal Ravitz. 1 worked for Councilman Ravitz for three and a half satisfying years before I joined the firm of Webb and Hildebrandt doing labor law which I find worthwile .<

I am currently in a Guild joint committee with the Coalitioni of Black Trade Unlonists (CBTU) that has as its purpose enforeing existitig afflimalive action laws and executive orders if government egalrshing. Im also ac tive in the Guild's Economic Rifhts Task Force and the Peace and Disarnament Commitlee. <

Outside the Guild I've been involved in the strugeles to stop plant slos and in the anti-apartheid and Central Amsrisan solidarity movements. JM: What would you like to ses the Lawyers Guild do during your vice presidenty? CB: I am interested in the whole bredth of Guild programs from skills seminars to the day-to-day work . I would like to see the Cuild beesme ingre inyglyed ! he joint committee with the CBTU and I fes| the wo we are doing on the Patterson case is very important I believe that labot and anti-racist work are important priorities fot the progressive m doing en teepresees call cale to premate

Natural Historian discoverer of Natural Selection/Phylogeny Evolutionary Theory/Natural Law : CHARLES DARWIN <

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TEST 1 ANTHROPOLOGY Due in three weeks. May be typed or handwritten (legibly). Please hand in a hard copy; and keep a copy for yourself. Write long answers, please. Try to make connections between the ideas in the different questions. 1) What are the 5 parts to Prof. Brown’s analysis of Evolutionary Laws , from Darwin through modern evolutionists and biologists ? 2) What were Darwin’s ideas on human evolutionary origin ? What were his two hypotheses on human evolutionary origins and ancestry that were confirmed by fossil discoveries by Raymond Dart and others ? 3) What was the Piltdown hoax ? 4) What are primates ? Why do we study primates in anthropology class ? 5) What are hominins ? 6) What is phylogeny ? 7) What are the hominin anatomical characteristics that make early hominin fossils the so-called Missing Link between human anatomy and chimp anatomy (Recall Charles Darwin’s hypothesis that chimpanzees are the living species with the closest _common_ ancestor with humans on the Phylogenetic Tree of Life: closest going down on the tree). Professor Charles Brown 313-205-9086 CB31450@gmail.com

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Also , as I said in a poem ( somewhere it is among her library of family documents that she left me ) at the time of Valley Forge Military Academy graduation, “All that I am, I owe to a Grace and a Strength” , Mom and Dad . <

Of course Mother did all the labor on my birthday. So , at age 74 i realized i should celebrate her on my birthday: filial piety . I can’t remember whether I celebrated Cordelia Elizabeth on my birthday before she left , but will do in memorium . All that I am I oh to a Grace, in Body and Soul; certainly most of what i was at graduation ; and she continued to raise me for the rest of my life until she left me ; she borned me and raised me my whole life til 72 . I was born a Libra , October 3, 1950 in Philadelphia , so they tell me , to Cordelia Elizabeth , who did all the Labour for me .She nicknamed me BING <

I had the opportunity to care for her crucially by living with her at 1365 , not letting be alone for 18 years til she was 100. <

Mom was a "wise little old lady " when she was young ( jokingly I remember thinking years ago ). She was well prepared for the role , so she became a real one when she really was one for decades.<

This is Mom's funereal ceremony st Christ Church
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This is my Farewell to Mother Cordelia Elizabth Hinkson Brown : <

SO LONG , FAREWELL, ADIOS, LOVE YOU MORE, MOM <

Well, Mom is gone. I’ve never been like this before, that is without her in the world. She lived with such grace and beauty; and she left us all so gracefully. On the Saturday before her Thursday passing, I heard her say happily when waking, “I feel like I’m floating away ! You know the song : So long, farewell, da, da , da ,da, da, da ,da . And the other one is “What a wonderful world !” . She joyfully sang goodbye to us ,commending and praising Life and this World to us. Telling us to live in this wonderful world. That is a very graceful parting word. For she was very much aware and concerned about the problems of our world. But in her summary about it all, she emphasized the positive, and held her tongue on her criticisms of the world.<

Which criticisms she had many in her long life, believe me. Her criticisms of the world were in sympathy with those in oppression and suffering. She was a social and political thinker and activist. She was a secular Mother Superior, very, very virtuous and ethical. She lived a life of caring labor for others, true love as sacrifice for people, especially children. She certainly took care of and raised me , my brother and sister especially well. I wrote a poem upon my graduation from high school; it still is pretty true today:

In Laurem Parentis (In Praise of Parents) All that I am , I owe to a Grace…Mother All that I am , I owe to a Strength…Father

(footnote: She would , however, chastise me for being immodest in praising her so ; Mom was and taught us to be modest and honest to a fault; I’ve tried to learn how to not quite take it to a fault, so I praise her honestly here)

( Dad used to say Mom spoke in footnotes; SMILES )

She and Dad did a tremendous job in raising Phillip and Beverly ! Phil is my Super Star in caring for others. Bev is a True 21st Century Daughter of Cordelia ; true daughter of our Cordelia Grandmothers, Mom’s mother and Great-grandmother. Thank you to Bev for putting together these perfect celebrations, Memorial now and Birthday last November.

Mom’s sister Mary DeHaven, Bunny, was her Soulmate in Life , and a second mother to we children. She was about my favorite person in the World ; such a sweet voice and , of course so graceful, so nice <

We were so proud of her Prima Ballerina artistry, bon vivant style, and loved to visit her in the Big Apple, New York City.

Mom really achieved the women’s movement 20th Century ideal of both mother and a careerist . She taught Headstart pre-school and Bi-lingual education . The latter because she had gone to school in Mexico , becoming fluent in Spanish. She had a college degree in French, graduate work in Spanish, and a graduate degree in education. Our house at 1365 is filled with her books, research documents and notebooks.

She was once called the Conscience and Grandmother of Lafayette Park , Detroit . She was one of the Consciences of America.

My philosophy is to practice Filial Piety and Ancestor Veneration, practicing a moral life as I learned from my mothers and fathers . In obedience to the Biblical Commandment I promise to “Honor my father and mother, so that I may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving me,”

And thereby, MOM LIVES ! For I am Cordelia, Phil is Cordelia, Bev is Cordelia….and all her grandchildren and great-grandchildren are CORDELIA ELIZABETH HINKSON BROWN, BETTY BROWN, BET , MOM ! I myself am of very virtous because of her and Dad <

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Biography of Cordelia Elizabeth Hinkson-Brown Born November 5, 1922 to Cordelia (Chew) Hinkson and DeHaven Hinkson, Philadalphia, PA.; at her home located at 329 North 40th Street.

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CORDELIA ELIZABETH HINKSON , BETTY<

Attended: elementary school at Thadeous Stevens School of Practice (13th and Spring Garden, down the street from the late Edgar Allen Poe's house), a teachers' training school.

She attended Newton Middle School, where her father also attended before her. When Cordelia attended, there was a teacher named Ms Collingwood, who also taught her father.

Accompanied her family to Europe in 1932, when father was invited by Mr Barnes to further his studies in Medicine in Germany and Austria.

Attended Girls' High School and graduated in 1940 (?)

Attended Cornell University from 1940 to 1944, graduated with a B.A. in linguistics; she was one of only a handful of African Americans to attend Cornell up to that time.

After graduating from Cornell, Cordelia spent a year in Mexico, where she taught English at University of Mexico, and at during her time there she learned to speak Spanish fluently.

Continued her studies at University of Wisconsin. While working on her masters, Cordelia met Charles S. Brown, who was attending University of Wisconsin Law School.

Cordelia married Charles in 1949, in a ceremony in her mother and father's home in Philadelphia. One year later, while still living in Philadelphia, Betty and Charles' first son, Charles DeHaven was born on October 3, 1950.

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They moved to Washington D.C. in ____________________, when Charles was hired by the U.S Government's Department of ____Price Control __________________. <

In 1953 _, Betty, Charles and their young son "Bing" as he was nicknamed, moved to Detroit Michigan.<

Their second son, Phillip was born in Detroit, on June 18, 1955.

In spite of being possessing a very fine on ivy league education, and being fluent in three languages, Cordelia, being the very devoted, loving and caring mother that she was decided that she would not continue with her own career ambitions until her children had reached at least age of five and were in school.

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In 1953, Cordelia's husband, was offered a position on the staff of then freshman Congressman John Dingel . A year later, Charles was appointed the first African American to join the executive staff of then Michigan Governor G. Mennen Williams. In 1958, Cordelia and Charles moved to Lansing . There, Betty's and Charles were blessed with the birth of their daughter, Beverly.

Raising three children...

Active in politics; State Democratic scheduler of speakers for state wide campaigns.

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235 Mulberry St. Apt. 1 New York, New York 10012 212-219-8021 EDUCATION Sept. 1974-June 1978 KINGSWOOD/CRANBROOK SCHOOL, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Graduated June 1978; Activities: Dorm Council, member (1975-78); Head Resident Advisors, (1978); Softball Team, member;<

Also participated in Modern Dance, Weaving, Print making and Itaglio.

June 1978-May 1979 SCHOOL YEAR ABROAD, Sponsored by Andover, Exeter and Phillips Academy; Studied Spanish grammar, history, literature and art while living in Barcelona, Spain.

Sept. 1980-Oct. 1981 SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE COLLEGE, New Haven, Conn.; Major: Art History, Minor: Spanish. Activities:

Local Repertory Theatre group, actress. Aug. 1983-May 1984 GENE FRANKEL STUDIO, NYC, NY; Basic Acting Courses.

EMPLOYMENT Sept. 1982-present D&G BAKERY, 45 Spring St. NYC, NY; Office Manager; Duties: Supervising 25 employees; Preparing payrolls, accounts payable and receivable; Coordinating sales and • deliveries to more than 100 Manhattan restaurants

Jan. 1987-present SPANISH REPERTORY THEATRE, NYC, NY: Stage Manager/Production Coordinator: Duties scheduling rehearsals, local performances and tours; calling" shows; acting as liaison between Producer, director and performers.

April 1982-Apri1 1983 RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, NYC. NY: Tour Guide, (Part time).

June 1980-Aug. 1980 SELF-EMPLOYED,

Barcelona, Spain; English Tutor.

June 1979-June 1980 GULLIVER'S TRAVEL, Detroit, Mich.; Travel Agent; Duties: Exclusive corporate travel consultant and agent for Smith Hinchman and Grylls Associates Inc,, a Detroit. Architectural firm.

SPECIAL INTERESTS Photography, weaving, bike riding, Spanish literature, Art history, Foreign travel.

on her lap, and two energetic boys, Cordelia still found time to serve as the Michigan Democratic parties speaker scheduler, working directly with Soapy Williams, Phil Hart, John Swanson and Neil Stabler, and other top Michigan Democrats.

The move to 1365... the next 57 years, and beyond

Launching her teaching career.... pioneer with the head start program...

her friend Thelma Curtis bilingual education... political activist: Soapy's wife, Doris McCree, Millie Jeffries, Geraldine Beldsoe-Ford... <

Her sister, Mary De...

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...I Charlie Brown have good character because of the wise way she raised me ( for my whole life so far). All that I am I owe to a grace , Mom , and a strength, Dad , because of the Good Start they gave me.

I ,Bing was well fed when first born by Mom, Grandmother DeDe and Grandfather Dr. Dehaven Hinkson , md ; living at DeDe and De’s house , 329 North 40th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ( before they had zip codes); where grandad had his doctor's office ; so i lived in a doctor's office when first born

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Family picture at Valley Forge graduation ; Cadet Captain ; serial number 9602

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And of course again DeDe , Cordelia and De ; there I was in a school in Philadelphia, in Lt. Colonel Hinkson’s field of service. And did you see De was in the Movement, the Struggle, leading effort to integrate the National Guard ! That was militant . Put guns in Negroes hands.<

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I bring in all family because I am My Family ; my "I" is "We" ; and the We is more than Familia Mia. De , Debaven Hinkson , Md was super proud of my top honors /Cadet Captain gradution from VFMA . I am Debaven Hinkson ; I am Cordelia Hinkson . <

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My Great Father Attorney Charles Shelton ( WWII infantry combat (!) Sgt ) can be segued in on military and Firster - first Negro aid to Michigan Governor; Wisconsin Law . Cordelia Firster at Cornell ; maybe Mexico City University. Wisconsin .

Dad's father , grandfather Papa Reverand Russell S Brown, General Secretary of African Methodist Episcoipal Pastored churches in Montana , Tennesee, Georgia , Ohio ( City Council membsr in Clevland ) Denver ,St.Louis, Chicago <

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Charles Shelton Brown Born: Atlanta, Georgia April 23, 1921 Education: Public Schools, Cleveland, Ohio and Denver, Colorado University of Denver, Lincoln University, of Missouri-B.A. Degree (1943) Major Political Science Army Specialized Training-Basic Engineering(1943-44 Howard University Law School(1947-8); University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D. Degree (1950) Experience: Attorney Advisor-Office of General Counsel, Office Price Stabilization, Washington, D.C. 1951-53, Pre Audit Section and Post Audit Section, Interpretation Division, Grade GS-11. <

Associated in general practice with Harold E. Bledsoe, Hobart Taylor Jr, Wade H. McCree Jr, Geralding Bledsoe Ford, Detroit, Michigan. Assistant to U.S. Representative John D. Dingell, 15th Congressional District. Administrative Assistant, Honorable G. Mennen Williams, Governor of Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, policy advisor on Agriculture, Labor, Welfare, Conservation, Tourism, Migrant Labor, and Civil Rights. 1057-60 Member, Michigan Employment Security Appeal Board 1960- Detroit Street Railways (DSR) City of Detroit. (1963) Trial and Labor Relations Counsel. Founder and Executive Director, Wayne County Suburban Legal Services (1966), merged with Detroit Legal Services to form Wayne County Legal Services 1968 Executive Director Inner City Business Improvement Forum (ICBIF) minority economic Development (Detroit, Michiive, vide P-Bident One America, Ino, Washington Executive D.C. Minority Business Consulting firm. (1971) Consultant, Community Relations Office, Department of, U.S. Department of Justice. General Practice, local, state and federal courts, federal appellate courts, civil <

Eulogy for Charles Shelton Brown by Charles Dehaven Brown My father, Charles Shelton Brown, Bebe, Chuck, Charlie Brown, was a very smart fellow, accomplished and brilliant attorney, pragmatist, great guy, an all-American for the ages. Dad was a young athlete and a life long sports fan, especially football, an Ellingtonian jazz aficionado, a race man and an integrationist, part of the Talented Tenth. My father was a soldier. He was worldly, yet essentially very virtuous. He was self-reliant and independent. Dad was a provider, a dedicated family man, good neighbor and very sociable. He loved to have a goodtime, eating, drinking and being merry with friends. He had a special love for the Italian culture, from his years in Italy during WWII and his schooi days study of Latin. My father had longevity, yet he faced life and death struggles in military combat and in a successful fight against cancer over thirty years ago. My father was a survivor, as he once told me. Charles Brown was a wise man, with sharp wit, subtle and nuanced intelligence; frugal; an orator, writer and philosopher; an avid reader for both knowledge and entertainment; a crossword puzzler. He was funny and quiet. a whistler Charlie Brown was a fighter for the underdog, the working class, the little guy, for Black people. He was a political activist in the Democratic Party<<

He took care of me, made me happy, taught me, loved me. I say to you sincerely that I don't think there is any father better than he. And of course, I don't mean our whole life was just a bowl of cherries, though my name is Bing, although there were lots of cherries, and now, thankfully, I know I am experiencing a profound personal celebration of Dad's life with an emphasis on the cherries we all had. What a wonder for me that the feelings overwhelming me in response to my father's death are to almost time travel back to the early days of Lafayette Park. That time, place and community somehow for me embody much of the spirit of our Charlie Brown, in his prime. I know he was glad and satisfied that he and Mom were able to raise their family in this neighborhood which was so fresh and_a la mode For some reason the album of songs entitled "Charlie Brown's Christmas" from then, with its children's voices and whole Peanuts characters' theme bring me tears of joy and profoundly happy memory, for my father _was_ Charlie Brown, but he was also a Peanuts comic fan. And Lafayette Park was just filled with Peanut-like children. (And then I'm Charlie Brown too, and my sister has naturally curly hair, our dog was a beagle) But more, if you knew my Dad, you know that even though he was very much a grownup, he also retained a real-child's- Kid's humility and modesty in many ways. I always thought of him as a little giant. This characteristic was also expressed as unusual gentility and tolerance as a parent that evidenced a great empathy with children, I think. He showed this as well with my son Alexander, I know, most often scolding me for being too harsh with Alexander <

Yet I can't help but suspect that good ole Charlie Brown's style was also quite cunning, for he never pushed me or Phil to become lawyers, yet here we are two lawyers following in his footsteps. He left these two little lambs alone, to explore anthropology and journalism, but in the end we came home to law. Since I'm in church I will make a confession. I have a streak of ANCESTOR VENERATION in me that might technically be a bit heathen. I mean, being an anthropology hobbyist, I am interested in how ancestor worship is really what made the difference for our original human ancestors. And I don't see why I shouldn't rededicate my life to living up to my father, Charles Shelton Brown's, life and principles. He has now joined the ancestors, and furthermore, he is a special ancestor of mine. I can hear him now " Not so loud, Bing" (speaking in a whispered shout). So, let me lower my voice and say softly. Dad, you took care of me so well, you taught me and still teach me, you loved me so well. I love you. so, Dad, I have to say this loud. I an proud of you and you live <

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Whatever good there is in me, I have because of my mother and my father. As for my long list of my faults, I take full credit. I have many memories of my father. Most are as clear in my mind as if they happened yesterday. Before my sister Beverly was born on a hot July 31st many years ago, there was just my brother and me. Together, Bing and I were quite a handful. We didn’t allow our parents much peace and quiet. It was understandable that they were secretly hoping to have a girl. When Beverly was born, I remember my father on the phone in the kitchen, reporting the news of her arrival to family and friends, saying over and over and over, "Betty had a little girl, Betty had a little girl." And each time he said it, he let out a sigh of relief. My father was an early riser. On most April Fools Days, he would catch my brother and me before we were awake. But on one particular April Fools Day, we got up before him, and we put the sugar in the salt shaker and salt in the sugar bowl. Chuck liked to have cereal in the morning, and so did we. But on this particular morning, Bing and I took a pass on the cereal. As Bing and I sat watching TV, with our backs to Chuck, we heard Chuck spit out a mouth full of salty cereal! "April Fools," we shouted. Towards the end of summer in 1963, I was worried about the upcoming school year. I was about to enter the 3rd grade, and I was scared to death that I wouldn’t be able to do the new work required of me. It was the earliest time I remember my father telling me that no matter how dumb or smart I thought I was, there would always be a whole lot of kids smarter than me, and whole lot of kids dumber than me; that as long as I gave my best effort, most likely I would succeed in school, no matter what grade I was in. <

In 1966, my brother graduated sum cum laude from Valley Forge Military Academy, Pennsylvania., I remember my father shedding tears of pride and joy, as he watched and heard eldest son deliver a brilliant valedictorian address.

During my senior year of high school, I played varsity football. One Saturday, my parents came to see me play, but they arrived late. As they walked towards the field, I was returning a punt, running straight at them. My mother told me later that she thought I was running to greet them. But my father, who had played football himself, was jumping and hollering as he watched me run into the end zone for a touchdown.

There is a song that came out a couple of years ago with lyrics that were about “little things that mean a lot”.

Back in 1959, when I was about four, Chuck promised to take me fishing, but something had come up suddenly, and he was not able to take off from work. He was a busy man, working for the Governor back then.

By the time Chuck got home it was late in the day, and the sun was going down. But he was determined to follow through on his promise. So, he took me fishing. Still wearing his suit and tie. I can see him now, pant legs rolled up, dark socks and wing tip shoes, tie stuffed in his shirt pocket, sliding down the slippery, muddy bank of the Red Cedar River, holding a fishing pole and a carton of worms; A scene you are not likely to ever see in Field & Streams Magazine. And for the record, we didn’t catch a single fish. But, Chuck kept his promise to his four year old son. And that son never forgot it. Yes, Sometimes it’s the little things that mean a lot… Sometimes they mean the most.

I learned many things from my father during my 48 years and 10 months with him. Perhaps the most important lesson, happened during that last week of his life.

My father loved life. And as much as he could, He tried to live his life to the fullest. And when the end for him was near, I think he was afraid, because he wasn’t ready to go. There was one more cup of coffee to drink, one more crossword puzzle to do, one more game to watch, one more slab to “que”.

But with each passing day, I think he closed the gap between the life he loved so dear, and the uncertainty of death which lay ahead. I believe that at some point, Dad no longer was afraid. He was ready to let himself be taken. But he still worried about the family he would leave behind. That is what troubled my father most during his last days.

So, while we were with him on that Good Friday night(April 9th); crying, and laughing and reminiscing, he lay there resting and listening; waiting to hear and know that we were ready to let him go.

Then, at a little past midnight Beverly, suggested that we make pallets on the floor around him, and that we go to sleep, so that if and when Dad wanted, he could finally rest too.

that was when my father received the sign that he had been waiting for. It was then that he knew that we were ready. And it was then (on April 10th) that Charles S. Brown quietly, and gently, and peacefully went to sleep too.

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They’re all in the Duboisan Talented Tenth . I was raised by Talented Tenthers . There’s drama in the Movement and Politics. Another part of my soul at that point was Sports . I’ll write about that at more length. Here are about half of my diaries and school notes . I don’t know if I’ll get through all of them. There are lots of my letters here too. But not all of it would go in ; too long and some too “personal.” Purpose of my biography project is for progeny , next generations of our family. It also might be nice for my mind ( smiles) . Family biography from my experience. One is reflected in a Dubois opinion column in an issue of _The Crisis_ where Dubois mentions De by name as having received response from Secretary of War on some military department to a letter De had written to him on some Civil Rights issue in the military Another part of my soul at that point was Sports . I’ll write about that at more length. Segue to my friends who I played sports with through my years . Another part of my soul at that point was Sports . I’ll write about that at more length. Segue to my friends who I played sports with through my years . <

There are other things in the article I’ll segue off of . So I start with a copy of the whole article and segue to parts of my essential biography and my thoughts at the time

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I’m Professor Charles Brown . This is anthropology 201, Urban Life and Culture ( CRN 63361).Wayne County Community College Syllabus Text : _Cities and Urban Life_ by Macionis and Parrillo. The text has several good characteristics. It has a number of different ways of looking at cities, giving all the main sociological theories , much data , facts , empirical evidence. It gives history and comparison of cities, the “roots and composition “; this is a scientific approach. Implicitly, cities are contrasted with the country , with rural areas , although there is little discussion and analysis of rural , sparsely populated areas . The discussion of populations moving to cities implies that people are coming to the cities from rural areas. Aim and purpose of class I presume all students live in Metro Detroit . My idealistic hope is that the class will teach some things about urban Southeast Michigan that will enhance and improve your daily life as a citizen and resident ! at home ,work, play , school . Perhaps it will develop your interest as a citizen, your civic engagement , your understanding of government and business by giving a bigger picture of your city , county and state . Maybe it will perk your intellectual- academic interest in the sociology-anthropology of cities and suburbs , even . My urban biography I have lived my whole life in cities ; never lived in the country and only visited rural areas briefly . The text on page 21 , question 3 says “Why do the authors suggest that we must not simply analyze statistics , but must also “go and visit to the city if we are to fully comprehend urban life ? “ This seems to imply that the authors don’t live in the city , because they “visit” cities. Perhaps they are in small college towns , classical academic, “ivory towers. Myself , and I expect everyone here , either lives in the Detroit metropolitan area , so we do more than visit, but witness city life daily . At any rate , we do the observation of city life that visits do , but even more than visitors. So, we can fulfill the authors’ suggestion that we observe directly, anecdotally urban life. I was born in Philadelphia, lived in Washington, DC, moved to Detroit in 1953 at the age 3, East Lansing , Michigan; back to Detroit ;high school in Philadelphia area ; college in Ann Arbor ; work in New Haven , Connecticut ; back to Detroit , where I have lived since 1984. I did legal research for land recovery work for the Yurok Native Americans on a very rural reservstion in Northwest California for a few weeks in 1979. I’ve also visited family often and lived for a summer in New York City . I visited Chicago often, Los Angeles a couple of times , San Francisco , Milwaukee, Cleveland, Atlanta, , Boston; Montreal, Paris, Rome, Switzerland, Madrid , Barcelona, London , Mexico City , Moscow and others . Flint and Lansing and most of Metro Detroit . My main life career has been as an attorney for Detroit City Council. I’m retired from that now after about 25 years . However , my knowledge about cities and urban life comes especially from that career. In this class , I will be integrating my knowledge about the City of Detroit, County of Wayne and State of Michigan with the knowledge from the text. ( copy City Council journal table of contents). I also worked as a Legal Services Attorney for the Low-Incomed . This gives me an understanding of urban poverty and economic struggles . I’m an athlete and sports fan , so I’m familiar with recreation in baseball, basketball, football, hockey in urban life. Also , popular music and dance , concerts and karaoke. I visit the museums and parks , including Belle Isle . A non- graded assignment for the class is for students to write their own residential and visiting biography . On Sep 27, 2026, at 11:42 AM, Charles Brown wrote: My birthday is next week. I’m gonna try and celebrate it more than I usually do. I notice that most of Black people pay more attention to their birthdays than I’m in the habit of doing. I Also, I’ve taken to saying your mother did all the labor on your birthday. So , celebrate your mother on your birthday: filial piety . I can’t remember whether I celebrated Cordelia Elizabeth on my birthday before she left , but will do in memorium . All that I am I oh to a Grace, in Body and Soul. Sent from my iPhone <

One of my brother Phil's great virtues is his modesty . I see it especially from Dad to Pedro, but Mom, too. Mom's was a bit lack of self-confidence. Dad had to be very self -confident to function as a lawyer at that upper level. But he disciplined himself to understate . I believe Phillip Shelton is Charles Shelton's truest son in this good character trait , which admire more than I've ever been able to tell Philadelphia Phil ironically because his modesty reflect won't let him receive compliments as much as he should . Like Mother Betty he is virtuous to a fault ; she was honest to a fault; PSB is modest to a fault . The modest is part of another virtue our parents taught us; we are not better than anybody else essentially; we are all equal humans .<

Part of the reason we are students of our genealogy is that basement treasure trove of documents and pictures of our ancestors especially Cordelia at first . She and the rest became a family ancestor decades before we were born before Mom, DeDe even. So my idea of one of our purposes in collecting family heirloom pictures and written, is to pass messages on to generations born after we are gone <

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Let us celebrate Phillip Shelton Brown, my Brother from the same mother. Phil Brown lives ! Viva, Saint Phil Brown , viva ! Presente ! PSB, Pedro lives because half his Soul lives on through me . Half my soul left with him, and half his soul lives on in me. Phil is still alive because he lives inside my brain; so many of his words are in my memory. Phillip Shelton Brown was born in Detroit , Michigan on June 18, 1955 to Cordelia and Charles Brown , a true bundle of joy who remained a joy to so many people throughout his long of Life. Phil lived in Detroit, East Lansing, Detroit in the good ole original days of Lafayette Park . He attended Bailey in East Lansing, Chrysler and Miller in Detroit . He attended Cranbrook Academy where he was into Afro culture, Jazz, football star, big , joyous, friendly young man on campus. At the U Of M in Ann Arbor he lived for some years in South Quad Black Dorm. He was a Go Blue football walk-on; he was a member of the Jazz Essentials and Most Valuable Players . Black Action Movement political activists. He matriculated with a journalism BA from University of Michigan , Then he lived in Lansing graduating from Cooley law school with a Juris Doctorate degree. He was a Member of the Bar of the State Michigan for 45 years; he was an Attorney for City Council Research and Analysis , Mayor Young Appointee at Resource Recovery, Workers Comp trial attorney for Corporation Counsel’s office; Excellent legal reasoner. He was the lawyer’s Union President. Phillip S. Brown , Gentleman and Scholar and Attorney and Counselor-at-law He was a long term Democratic Party activist, with his mother and father in their activist careers; a hard working canvasser in Mayor Coleman A. Young’s many sponsored Campaigns. Rank and File Democrat ; campaign ground game veteran ; foot soldier and lawyer for Mayor Young A true Michigander and Detroiter and Humanist Black American. Like me , a Child of the 1967 Detroit Urban Rebellion. We have been in the Black Liberation and Civil Rights Movement all of our adult lives.<

He was surely a Member of the Black Philosopher, W.E.B. Dubois’s Talented Tenth of Black Folk !

My Man was a Primus inter paris ; leader among equals; leader from the ranks.

Phil had a very strong and disciplined work ethic; he worked hard and long did the mundane , boring , drudge work with grace and skill. Oh yes ! He had Full work ethic, worked hard professionally and in taking care of his FAMILY ! He certainly took care of me ! He cared for his house, garden and beloved dogs Muskie, Rusty and Chuckie, his turtle , Alexander; he attended to the mundane, and had many routines.

And most importantly, he played , laughed ; had fun ! Indulged Leisure, relaxed, took it easy. Oh how he enjoyed life, counted and celebrated his blessings, found the good in so many situations.

For he’s a jolly good fellow, for he’s a jolly good fellow, for he’s a jolly good fellow, that nobody can deny !

As a witness of much of that Life, as I said before, I consider Phil a Saint by my personal moral code as I have developed through my life ; and in which I only arrived at a conclusion that Phil reached very young, long , long before I fully realized it : The most important intelligence is high _social_ intelligence ; intellectual, academic intelligence is second to social intelligence. Phil was such a people person ; never met a stranger ; regularly, habitually caring for others, bringing humor, empathy, care of all kinds and in abundance to so many, many people. I repeat , he had extraordinary social, people relating , getting along with humans intelligence. He loved his neighbor as himself; sacrificed for others; did unto others as he would have them do unto him _in spades_.

Phil was the Salt of the Earth , urban Earth.

He was his many brothers’ keepers, especially me. And I say , thank you, thank you, thank you, I love you may brother; he had many brothers and sisters from other mothers, a great friend to so many; so often a friend in need and indeed.

Phillip was a Church member of Christ Church, Detroit

Phil was an elite amateur athlete, and sports fan. We played so many baseball and softball games together: My main teammate in life. He was famous for his powerful and accurate baseball outfielder throwing arm ; he was a star football running back in high school.

Phillip Shelton was a Ladies’ Gentleman, polite, gracious, diplomatic, socializer, extraordinarily attentive to everyone’s feelings.

He had complete Common sense, street sense even; he was a regular guy, very modest, not a bragger or egoist.

My Brother was a Hobbyist Extraordinaire : Coin collector, Fisherman, Saxophone Player, Bid Wisk Player, Photographer, Gardener, Potter , Casino denizen and more.

All that I’m saying about Phil is to demonstrate to myself and to y’all that We need not feel sorry for Phil, because he Lived, Loved and Laughed (and cried) as fully , as passionately as it is humanly possible ; he had much leisure and relaxation ; and he gracefully and continuously and _successfully_ toiled with the inevitable struggles of real life. HE TOOK CARE OF SO MANY AND SOCIALIZED, WITH CHARM AND DIPLOMACY, AS BEVERLY PUT IT, CONSTANTLY , EVERY DAY, WEEK AND MONTH; MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE I KNOW. By my personal moral standards, he was a Saint. I will be writing about my Saint for the rest of my life. He’s now an Angel.

I wish he had a more years, but he put into his 69 long years more living and loving than most .

THE GREAT PHILLIP BROWN lives ! Serenity is Phil, KJ is Phil, I am Phil Brown , Sonitra is Phil Brown: , Bev , Celeste, Alex , Kim ,Woochie, Danielle , Ashley , and YOU AND YOU AND YOU’ALL are , too !

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My main career has been as an Attorney for Detroit City Council , especially Comrade Mary Ann Mahaffey, Mel Ravitz, Joann Watson. I'm a decades long community , political , legal organizer for the working class, "middle " class and "poor" working class , unemployed , single Black mothers on welfare . As a Legal Services for the poor Lawyer, I defended evictions , loss of welfare benefits, et al.

Overall and in summary , I am a People's attorney , retired professional revolutionary , Black women's liberationist, proletarian internationalist , historical and dialectical materialist , naturalist, species-beingist. American Declaration of Jndependista , Constitution Preamblist, UNited Nations Human Rights attorney; Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Michigan ; Bachelors and Masters degrees in Anthropology from the University of Michigan .

On the Eastside Detroit Or CB, Son of Coleman Young.

Father and Uncle and Brother Softball , Football and Basketball player ( retired ). Karaoke dance and sing enthusiast . My motto , finally late in life became is Live, Love , Laugh . I commend it to my progeny , blood and soul. <