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NEW BOOK-How I See Myself: Short Inspirational Vignettes for African American Children is OUT NOW 👇🏽👇🏽

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As Black/American History Month is coming to a Close but never an End for the remainder of the year. I would Love to Highlight the Great Ancestor, Roy Brown, whom I'm also playing in Elvis The Musical @sierrarep
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Roy Brown was born on Sept 10, 1925. He was a Black American singer. From New Orleans, Louisiana, his mother was an accomplished singer and organist in church. This was instrumental in why Brown started as a gospel singer.  After a move to Los Angeles, California in the 1940s and a brief period spent as a professional boxer he won a singing contest in 1945 at The Million Dollar Theater singing "There's No You". In 1946 he moved to Galveston, Texas singing in clubs; he returned to New Orleans in 1947.

Soon Brown got an introduction to the president of Deluxe Records, who signed him. ‘Good Rockin Tonight’ was released in 1947 and reached no. 13 on Billboard's R&B charts. Brown's version was a jump blues with a swing beat. He and his band "The Mighty Men" were spectacular performers, with the kind of crowd-pleasing stage histrionics for which Little Richard & Elvis Presley would soon be famous. Unfortunately, tastes changed and Brown could not keep up.

The decline of his fortunes coincided with his successfully winning a lawsuit against King Records for unpaid royalties in 1952, one of the few Black musicians to do so in the 1950s. This has led some to believe that Brown may have been blacklisted. His popularity was at its lowest at the end of the 1950s, but he managed to find work through the 1960s.

In 1970 Brown closed The Johnny Otis Show at the Monterey Jazz Festival. As a result of the crowd reaction, he recorded "Love For Sale". In the late 1970s, a compilation of LPs of his old work brought about a minor revival of interest. In 1978 he had a successful tour in Scandinavia. From 1980 until shortly before his death he was on a major upswing, performing at the Whisky A Go-Go in West Hollywood, California, and headlining the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival during the spring of 1981.
Brown's legacy in part was that he brought a soul-singing gospel music style to the emerging genre of rock and roll.

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As Black/American History Month is coming to a Close but never an End for the remainder of the year. I would Love to Highlight the Great Ancestor, Rev. (Dr) Herbert Brewster, whom I'm playing in Elvis The Musical @sierrarep .
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Dr. William Herbert Brewster, the son of former slaves, was born July 2, 1897 and died October 14 1987.

He was a pioneer, when it came to making a positive difference in the lives of the people he touched. People like Mahalia Jackson, and Elvis Presley. In his day he was a very influential African American Baptist Preacher. He was also a minister, singer, composer, a poet and a community leader. He was very instrumental at trying to bring the races together, something that just was not done at the time.

In 1922, he graduated from Roger Williams College in Nashville Tennessee. He served as pastor of the East Trigg Baptist Church, located on East Trigg just west of South Bellevue, from 1930 to 1987. As a composer he wrote more than 200 songs. Mahalia Jackson’s first hit record was one of Doctor Brewster’s “Move up a Little Higher” It was the first Black 1 million seller gospel song.

In 1949 he hosted an on air radio program, which was broadcasted from his church on WHBQ. The show, Camp Meeting of the Air, reached all who heard it. His music program and choir had great influence on a young Elvis Presley who often attended services at the church. In later years he hosted a program, Gospel Treasures Haven on WDIA Radio.

In 1982 the Smithsonian Institute held a symposium on the history of his life and his many contributions to the community. Brewster Elementary School, located at Collins and Sam Cooper was named for him.

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Theatre Rhinoceros Presents APOLOGIES TO LORRAINE HANSBERRY (YOU TOO AUGUST WILSON): A FREE STAGED READING https://t.co/sf9Jk9JTzU

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My New Inspirational Childrens Book, "How I See Myself" is out Now! 👉🏽 https://t.co/z4ZU6DKNeK

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Ever had an urgent appointment pop up last minute? 🤔 “I have to take my son to a doctor’s appointment this morning, and I don’t have time to wait for the bus.” - Larry, busy father of two
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Thank you for all the love and support this year! #SpotifyWrapped #2022ArtistWrapped https://t.co/TygtV6jmpw

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How I See Myself, rages war on the emotional battle within our Black Children; growing into productive young adults in this journey we call life. The stories inside of this book are fictional, while entertaining the reader to explore their imaginations.

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