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Cecil Brown (born July 3, 1943) is an African-American writer and educator. He is a published novelist, short story writer, script writer, and college educator. His noted works include The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger (1969) and work on the 1977 Richard Pryor film Which Way Is Up? as a screenwriter.
Cecil Brown (September 14, 1907 – October 25, 1987) was an American journalist and war correspondent who worked closely with Edward R. Murrow during World War II. He was the author of the book Suez to Singapore, which describes the sinking of HMS Repulse in December 1941.
Jan 21, 2022 · Cecil Brown was a 73-year-old man who was beaten to death in his backyard in 2014 by his wife Larlane and her lover Hussain. The couple was convicted of second-degree murder in 2017, but Hussain's conviction was overturned in 2020 and he was retried in 2021.
Cecil Brown. (b. 1943) Quick Reference. (b. 1943), novelist and short story and script writer. Cecil Brown has not been a prolific writer; indeed, the bulk of his literary reputation rests on his first novel, The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger, published in 1969.
Cecil Brown explores the history and culture of the Stagolee ballad, a black anti-hero who shot his friend over a hat in 1895. He traces the song's origins, variations, and influences in African-American music and literature.
Jun 19, 2020 · “Baldwin was saying that the civil rights movement had been revoked, because Black people after 400 years were still being oppressed, and not valued like whites,” said Cecil Brown, a Berkeley alumnus and longtime lecturer who was in the audience in Wheeler Hall that night.
May 15, 2018 · For one brief moment, just after the United States entered World War II, Cecil Brown may have been the most important journalist in America. Shortly after Pearl Harbor, the CBS correspondent surviv...
