Norris Brown Jr., MPH

Future Medical Doctor, Man of Faith, & AF Veteran:I hope to inspire people daily to reach their goals, overcome adversity, and help improve this world. 06🤙🏿

[Norris Brown Jr., MPH @HendrixSirron]

We are definitely Powerful, Brilliant, and Beautiful!!!

[HuffPost BlackVoices @blackvoices]

We are magnificent. We are beautiful. We are #BlackGlory.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

From our earliest days, Black history has always been American history – and Black folks have profoundly shaped our American culture through music, art, literature, sports, and beyond. One month a year is not sufficient to celebrate the power of the movements and the people who have fought for the rights we enjoy today. That’s something that we have to do each and every day, as we strive to live up to their example and make sure our children and grandchildren remember their stories.

[Native Land Pod @nativelandpod]

NLP cohost @AndrewGillum coming through with a word! 💯

#NLPfam, how do you think we can keep pushing for real change in criminal justice system?! Weigh in!

New episode out NOW on @iHeartPodcasts and wherever you stream your podcasts. Link in bio ⬆️

#nativelandpod #nlp

[Native Land Pod @nativelandpod]

NLP cohost @angela_rye weighs in on the Israel-Hamas conflict student protests at college campuses. There is a difference between anarchy and protest. 

#NLPfam, do y’all agree with Angela's perspective?

New episode out NOW. Link in bio ⬆️ 

#nativelandpod #nlp #welcomehomeyall

[Norris Brown Jr., MPH @HendrixSirron]

@A_SIMPLE_STEP @nativelandpod @JoyAnnReid I totally agree racists who use hatred and white supremacy don't rely on logic.

[Norris Brown Jr., MPH @HendrixSirron]

@rolandsmartin My God Man! Do Better, Kevin McCarthy. Placing blame on the wrong group to come out smelling like roses SMH.

[Norris Brown Jr., MPH @HendrixSirron]

@StagBeChillin Congrats!!!

[Stag @StagBeChillin]

Sooo I did a thing recently. After years of patience, diligence, and hard work, we have been blessed with a brand new house. Cheers to new beginnings. God is the greatest. 🙏🏾🤲🏾🏠🔑🥂

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Lorenzo Dow Turner (1890 –1972) was an academic and linguist who conducted seminal research on the Gullah language of coastal South Carolina and Georgia. He earned a master's degree from Harvard and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He taught at Howard University (1917-1928) and Fisk University (1929 – 1946) and traveled West Africa, identifying over 300 (Mende, Vai, Fulani) Gullah loanwords and 4,000 personal names. He published his findings in his book “Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1949).

—Lorenzo Dow Turner was an African American linguist who headed the English department at Howard University in Washington, D.C. from 1920 to 1928, and later headed of the English department at Fisk University (1929 to 1946). His accomplishments within his career in academia include the creation of the African Studies curriculum at Fisk University in 1943 and participation in the early African Studies program at Roosevelt University, beginning in 1946. Turner is best known for his research on the Gullah language or dialect, a provincial language spoken by descendants of African slaves in coastal South Carolina and Georgia. Later in life, Turner played a role in founding the training program for Peace Corps volunteers going to Africa.

Lorenzo Dow Turner was born on October 21, 1890 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. His parents, Rooks Turner and Elizabeth Freeman emphasized the importance of education while raising Turner and his three brothers. Rooks Turner earned a Master’s degree from Howard University, and two of Lorenzo Dow Turner’s brothers also earned graduate level degrees in the 1940s (?) which was unusual for that time. Lorenzo Dow Turner earned a Master’s degree from Harvard University in Massachusetts in 1917, before enrolling in the University of Chicago in Illinois where he earned a Ph.D. in English Literature in 1926. From 1917 to 1928 Turner taught at Howard University. After leaving Howard University, Turner unsuccessfully tried to establish the Washington Sun newspaper, which closed within a year.

In 1929, Turner first heard Gullah speakers while teaching at South Carolina State University. This experience would lead him down a long journey of research discovery into the Gullah language and its origins. Eventually he would be known as the “father” of Gullah studies. Turner’s research which began in the South Carolina and Georgia Low Country would eventually extend to Sierra Leone in Africa, and Brazil in South America (along with other areas, nationally and internationally where creole and African languages were influential). Turner investigated the influence of African languages on the dialect spoken by Gullah speakers in their isolated communities. By doing so, he exposed the complexities of the African diaspora in America, and how it pertained to cultural assimilation.

In 1949, Turner published his most well-known work, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect. His arguments were so convincing, that his thesis (Gullah speakers are influenced by African languages) faced little criticism. To this day this classic work is a symbol of Diaspora influence among African descendants in America. Turner’s research also solidified his reputation as a founding figure in American linguistics and African American studies.

Lorenzo Dow Turner retired from Roosevelt University in 1970. He died in Chicago, Illinois on February 10, 1972 of heart failure. He was 81.

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[SHAQ @SHAQ]

Always good seeing my brother @YaoMing

[The Carter Center @CarterCenter]

President Carter turns 99 today! Thank you, @POTUS, for this heartfelt birthday tribute! #JimmyCarter99

[Norris Brown Jr., MPH @HendrixSirron]

@rolandsmartin Wait what? Dampen forest floors hmm I guess he does not understand the forest floor ecosystem. Changes in forest floor hydrology may contribute to an increase in soil disturbances such as landslides and erosion.

[Norris Brown Jr., MPH @HendrixSirron]

@AnthonyJackson_ Congrats!!! Let's Go To Work👊🏿

[Anthony P. Causley-Jackson @AnthonyJackson_]

Just a kid from Mound Bayou, MS with a dream. Blessed to announce that I passed the Mississippi Bar Exam and have been sworn in to practice law in the State of Mississippi.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Happy 99th birthday, President Carter! You’ve inspired so many people around the world with your leadership, character, and commitment to service. Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful birthday and send our best wishes to you and Rosalynn.

[Norris Brown Jr., MPH @HendrixSirron]

@noivaswright @KevOnStage Sustained!

[Norris Brown Jr., MPH @HendrixSirron]

@KevOnStage LOL

[Norris Brown Jr., MPH @HendrixSirron]

@DrJoLynneW WOW!!!!

[𝐃𝐫. 𝐉𝐨𝐋𝐲𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 @DrJoLynneW]

I have a word for you tonight. The next time they hear of you, all they’ll hear is how well you’re doing. The next time they look you up - and they will look you up, all they’ll see is the blessing of God on your life.

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▪️Psalm 23:5-6

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 6 Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

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So keep going. And keep declaring and believing big. You’re not doing small things, you’re moving into great things. So let whoever think whatever. Your table is being prepared by the GOD you serve, and you will feast in plain view of your enemies. Selah.

𝒟𝓇. 𝒥𝑜𝐿𝓎𝓃𝓃𝑒 𝒲𝒽𝒾𝓉𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓇
𝘑𝘰𝘓𝘺𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳.𝘰𝘳𝘨

[Norris Brown Jr., MPH @HendrixSirron]

Don't you dare give up NOW! You owe it to yourself to pursue your dreams and goals. And remember to take time to do something for someone else like Ms. Rose.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

I absolutely love this story........ It made me cry.

"An 87 Year Old College Student Named Rose
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know.

I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned round to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me
with a smile that lit up her entire being.

She said, “Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?”

I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.
“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked.

She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids…”

“No seriously,” I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.

“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.
After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake.

We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this “time machine”
as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us.

She was introduced and stepped up to the podium.
As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, “I’m sorry I’m so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.”

As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop
playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success.

1) You have to laugh and find humor every day.

2) You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.

We have so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it!

3) There is a huge difference between growing
older and growing up.

If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old.

If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight.

Anybody can grow older.

That doesn’t take any talent or ability.

The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change.

4) Have no regrets.

The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those
with regrets.”

She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Rose.

She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.
At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died
peacefully in her sleep.

Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it’s
never too late to be all you can possibly be.

When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they’ll really enjoy it!

These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.

REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS
OPTIONAL.

We make a Living by what we get,

We make a Life by what we give."

[Dr. Kimberly Brown @kmichelle_31]

No is a complete sentence. Everyone doesn't deserve an explanation and you aren't obligated to provide one.