About Oscar Brown
Oscar Brown Jr. was an American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, actor, and civil rights activist. Aside from his career, Brown ran unsuccessfully for office in both the Illinois state legislature and the U.S. Congress. Brown wrote many songs, 12 albums, and more than a dozen musical plays. After graduating from Englewood High School, Brown attended first the University of Wisconsin–Madison and then Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, but he dropped out of college and never returned. During Brown's twenties, he worked as the "world's first Black newscaster" for Negro Newsfront, a Chicago radio program that he co-produced with Vernon Jarrett. Unfortunately, they discovered Oscar not arriving on time. His first major contribution to a recorded work was a collaboration with Max Roach, We Insist! (1960), which was an early record celebrating the black freedom movement in the United States.
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